Jeromie,
Thanks for the info. It has to be a POST over SSL
Tim
--- In [email protected], Jeromie Clark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> There's two ways I can think of two do this.
>
> If you need to do it over SSL, or you want to do it the "right" way, or
> you have to use POST, use the CURL libraries to construct and send the
> POST request.
> Check out the CURL section of the PHP manual -- there's lots of good
> how-to information there.
>
> http://www.php.net/manual/en/ref.curl.php
>
> If you're going for quick and dirty, just assemble a URL with the
> parameters as GET parameters instead, and just do a file_get_contents()
> on the URL.
>
>
file_get_contents('http://target.com/target.php?fname=joe&lname=foo&company=bar');
>
> It's not pretty, but it gets the job done.
>
> -Jeromie
>
> >I have a PHP form (POST) in which I set the action as:
> >form action="$_SERVER['PHP_SELF']" method="post" ...
> >
> >When submitted, I collect the post key => value pairs and populate an
> >email to alert me that the form has been submitted. What I need to
> >know is, AFTER the email is sent, how do I then from this php page
> >send a request to a page on a different server with some of the post
> >key => value pairs attached to the request as if it were orinally
> >posted from my PHP form.
> >
> >For example:
> >
> >1. A USER fills out my PHP form page and hits submit.
> >
> >2. The request returns to my PHP page which collects the $_POST key =>
> >value pairs into a email, and sends a notification email to me.
> >
> >3. My PHP page collects some of the originally posted key => value
> >pairs and sends a new POST request to a page on another server (as if
> >it had been submitted from a form).
> >
> >4. This new page on the new server collects the POST key => value
> >pairs and returns a dynamically prefilled reply to the USER's browser
> >(appearing as if it were a reply to the USER's original submit).
> >
> >NOTE: The ONLY part I need help with is number 3
> >
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