defeated Posted December 30, 2008 Share Posted December 30, 2008 Hi. I am very confused. I have a website where I use a simple form to post job information to a mysql db. It all works very well. Then I ran into trouble. I have another website on a different server and I want to post some of the jobs there too. I can create a duplicate db structure on the new site but I can't figure out how to do it without posting once on each site which is not an option (there are more sites on the way). I need to be able to post using the form on the original site and for the same information to be sent to various sites. I think xml is the way to go but I cannot find a simple enough tutorial to guide me through posting and then receiving and parsing the other end. If anybody has any better suggestions than xml I'm all ears. xml seems like the best solution because there are so many variables to each job that need to be passed. If anybody can come up with an experimental tutorial that just passes <name>Ian</name><job>milkman</job> to a different site and then sends back a message confirming that it's ok I'd be delighted. Oodles of gratitude in advance for any enlightenment! ps. sorry if this is the wrong section. I really am out of my depth on this one! Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/138880-posting-and-receiving-using-php/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
dMilesFox Posted December 30, 2008 Share Posted December 30, 2008 Why just you access the same database from the previous server and filter the content, so that way it will display just the info you want! I think that's way easy than duplicating a whole database Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/138880-posting-and-receiving-using-php/#findComment-726208 Share on other sites More sharing options...
defeated Posted December 30, 2008 Author Share Posted December 30, 2008 I just read it back and maybe that is too much of a broad question. I'll break it down. I need:- [*]What to put in my posting code. eg. if(checkbox send to newsite is checked){do this to send to getxml.php on newsite} [*]What to put on a page in the new site (eg. getxml.php) to act as a receiver which sends back a message to confirm receipt. [*]How to parse the information received by getxml.php into a form I can insert into the db on the newsite [*]A clue about what I am doing! Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/138880-posting-and-receiving-using-php/#findComment-726210 Share on other sites More sharing options...
defeated Posted December 30, 2008 Author Share Posted December 30, 2008 Why just you access the same database from the previous server and filter the content, so that way it will display just the info you want! I think that's way easy than duplicating a whole database There are a few problems with that. Firstly I have to set up permissions on the db's themselves. Presently I am not authorised to access the db on the first site from the second. This sounds complicated to do. Secondly, I also want to post to the major jobs boards from our own site down the line which requires me to learn about xml posting. I just don't know where to start. I've wasted days getting nowhere (yes even over Christmas!) Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/138880-posting-and-receiving-using-php/#findComment-726214 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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