[SOLVED] How to POST data automatically

[senyo]

Is there a way to send data to another server like using POST from a form? I want to send data from my localhost to a server automatically without a form 

[Alex]

You can accomplish this using cURL

[senyo]

Where can I find an example?

[Alex]

There is good information available on the link I posted. You can also try http://www.askapache.com/htaccess/sending-post-form-data-with-php-curl.html or Google.

[senyo]

I found this:

<?php

if(isset($_POST['Name']))    $Name  = $_POST['Name'];

if(isset($_POST['Email']))  $Email  = $_POST['Email'];

if(isset($_POST['Message']))  $Message= htmlentities($_POST['Message']);

 

$Curl_Session = curl_init('http://www.site.com/cgi-bin/waiting.php');

curl_setopt ($Curl_Session, CURLOPT_POST, 1);

curl_setopt ($Curl_Session, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, "Name=$Name&Email=$Email&Message=$Message");

curl_setopt ($Curl_Session, CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION, 1);

curl_exec ($Curl_Session);

curl_close ($Curl_Session);

?>

I don't know curl so I assume that

$Name is the subject

$Email the email address

$Message the content.

http://www.site.com/cgi-bin/waiting.php the address where this is sent

 

 

 

[Alex]

The contents is irrelevant. Basically what that is doing is sending data to that url. If you look at the string "Name=$Name&Email=$Email&Message=$Message", that's what's being sent. On the other end it would be captured like a standard post.

 

ex.

echo $_POST['Name'];

[senyo]

Thanks, you have been very helpful