--- In php-list@yahoogroups.com, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "cosminx2003" > > --- In php-list@yahoogroups.com, <listgroups08@> wrote: > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "cosminx2003" > > > > Hi, i want to login on yahoo with php cURL, i made a script but i > > can't make it work fine (it gives me blank page). > > Please tell me how can i fix it. > > Thanks > > > <snip> > ------------------------------------ > > Hello, > > I have done this before but I used header information to > control the cookie without using cURL. > > > > Some things that don't look right to me - > > > > curl_setopt ($ch, CURLOPT_URL, 'http://login.yahoo.com/config/login?'); > > > > Shouldn't the '?' be with the rest of the query string instead here - > > "?login=$username&passwd=$password&.src=&...... > > > > and - > > > > &.tries=5 > > > > did you copy this from a browser? will it work manually into a browser? > > > > and > > > > &.challenge=ydKtXwwZarNeRMeAufKa56.oJqaO > > > > Is some sort of session token? Has it expired? > > > ------------------------------------ > .tries is a hidden input. > and i think you're right .challenge is a code that changes at every > refresh > How can i fix these problems? > > > ------------------------------------ > Hello cosminx2003, > I haven't used cURL before so I will just outline the basic principle. > > Start with a plain URL that you would normally navigate to in a browser without any POST forms being previously sent. > > POST (or GET) the login details and use returned headers (or cURL) to capture any cookies and/or session variables. > > Send the cookie and session variables to the remote server in the headers along with any necessary query string. > > Then you will get the desired page that you can strip the HTML to get any needed information. > > Last time I wrote one of these types of scrips it was for a server that did not have cURL and was running PHP version 4.x.x > > I still have these scripts here but they're hard on the eyes as the connection to the remote server was done at a raw socket level. > > I can find them and send them on if you want. > > Thanks, Robert >
Thanks for the informations, i will try this later and i'll post here a result :).
