Curl

[johnsmith153]

If I type in https://www.site.com/page.php?var1=1&var2=5&var3= in my browser, I get exactly what I want.

 

If I use below, it doesn't work.

 

Surely both these are the same.

 

$post_fields="var1=1&var2=5&var3=";
$ch = curl_init();
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, 'https://www.site.com/page.php');
curl_setopt ($ch, CURLOPT_POST, 1);
curl_setopt ($ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, $post_fields);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1);
$response_string = curl_exec($ch);
curl_close($ch);

 

There are no $_GET requests on the target page - I have used $_REQUEST for all.

[xtopolis]

There are multiple comments about this if you read the manual.

The difference is your SSL connection attempt using cURL.

 

http://us2.php.net/manual/en/function.curl-setopt.php#76219

http://us2.php.net/manual/en/function.curl-setopt.php#76047

[johnsmith153]

I have removed the need for SSL and used http:// - didn't need it actually - long story.

 

But still the same problem.

 

It doesn't return anything in $response_string - just blank, but no success.

[xtopolis]

It works for me...

test.php

<?php
$post_fields="var1=1&var2=5&var3=";
$ch = curl_init();
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, 'http://www.mysite/test2.php');
curl_setopt ($ch, CURLOPT_POST, 1);
curl_setopt ($ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, $post_fields);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1);
$response_string = curl_exec($ch);
curl_close($ch);

echo '<textarea rows="50" cols="100">'.$response_string.'</textarea>';
?>

 

test2.php

<?php
    print_r($_REQUEST);
?>

 

Outputs:

Array ( [var1] => 1 [var2] => 5 [var3] => )

 

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If you are returning HTML, are you sure it's just not visible?

[johnsmith153]

Ok, here's the problem...

 

Nothing to do with Curl (cURL)

 

The target page has $_SESSION checks to check if user is logged in.

 

I am logged in... but not according to cURL. It says I am not logged in.

 

Is this obvious, or is there a way around it?

[johnsmith153]

They key thing is that I ned to also retrieve and change session variables - otherwise I could send a POST value like:

 

overideLoginCheck=fjrhghe4rg4gh

 

to overide.

 

I suppose this post should have been called:

Need to pull/change session vars whilst using cURL

[xtopolis]

Show us some code please.

[kenrbnsn]

Using cUrl starts another http session, so the $_SESSION array created by your page isn't available to it.

 

Ken

[johnsmith153]

Is there an alternative to cURL where I can get the session values?

 

Everything is all on my same server.