How do i send username and password to a website and retreive a page?

[blademast3r]

Hey guys...

Im new here but not that new to php

Just wanna know how i can send username and password to a website.. login to that page.. and download it... is it possible? this wud be very helpful for the application im developing..thanks in advance!

happy coding

[mikesta707]

I would start off with Curl. There are a lot of tutorials on the internet for it, and logging into other websites via curl is pretty common.

 

basic tutorials: http://phpsense.com/php/php-curl-functions.html , http://www.askaboutphp.com/65/php-basics-accessing-remote-urls-using-curl.html

[blademast3r]

thanks for the speedy reply.. will surely give it a try..