[SOLVED] reading an offsite file and sending post info

[Pyrozz]

I need to read a file from a site that requires me to login.

More specifically... I would like to design a php script that retrieves information from my cell phone provider's website. My old cellphone provider allowed me to do this:

 

fopen("www.my_old_cell_provider.com/infopage?user=username&pass=password","r");

fread, etc....

 

But my new service provider's website won't take the GET data, so it requires it to be by POST. And it get's more complicated... There is a login page that the username and password needs to be sent to, and then there is an info page the script will be retreiving info from.

 

So I can't figure out how to make a php script "browse" another site and sign in etc. I know how to read offsite files, but how do I send information to the site and then have the site recognize my server as a logged-in-user? Since this is the only way to retrieve confidential information.

 

I think it can be done with cURL, I don't know. Can someone point me in the right direction?

 

Thanks!

[Stephen]

You can post to the site using cURL then show the information it shows after that. I've done things like that, but it's sort of a pain if you need cookies. I can't explain it too well right now.

 

But yes, cURL can do it.