Automatic form submission with PHP

Discussion in 'PHP' started by adamjthompson, May 11, 2006.

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    Hello,

    Is it possible to use PHP to automatically submit a form without the user filling it out and submitting it? (the form will be using hidden values) How do I get PHP to submit the form?

    ~Adam
     
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  2. mad4

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    Curl is your friend

    php.net/curl
     
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    Quite possible. Just make the script so that it sends out a mail to you as soon as the page is loaded.
     
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    Thanks! I found the solution in the tutorials, Mad4.
     
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    I personally would use cURL, but you can also use regular html/javascript.
     
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    A lot of hosts disabled fopen url wrappers due a security issue a while back, but then there are some other hosts that don't offer curl. Best to test for curl and fall back on fsockopen if it's not available.
     
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