disguise php script as a browser - facebook

[wardy277]

Hi,

 

I have tried searching for a solution to this but i dont really know what to search for. What i am working on is a university project and am starting by messing around with websites and mining them.

 

what i want is to use the file_get_contents function to get a webpage and firstly display its content. simple to start. My problem starts when i tried to do it with facebook. It recognized that my script was not a browser and returned a javascript redirect to a page which said:

 

You are using an incompatible web browser.

 

Sorry, we're not cool enough to support your browser. Please keep it real with one of the following browsers:

 

    * Firefox

    * Opera

    * Safari

    * Flock

 

Is it possible to send headers with the function as if it was firefox? Also does anyone know if they use cookies also?

 

any help will be appreciated,

 

Chris

 

 

[jjacquay712]

I believe you can do that with live http headers. its a firefox addon

[discomatt]

You want to use cURL to make your requests.

 

http://www.google.ca/search?q=php+curl+mimic+browser

 

I like to use the Developer and Tamper Data add-ons for Firefox... you can see all the headers firefox is sending, and replicate them

[wardy277]

Thank you for the reply. I did come across something like this. but whe i tried it i got this error:

Fatal error: Call to undefined function curl_init()

 

Do i have to enable it in php.ini or recompile php with this enabled?

 

Chris