fsockopen

[Guest]

Hi, I've been trying to initiate a script on a remote server from a local server with something similar to this code:

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    fsockopen('http://www.xxx.com/folder/script.php?query=string&info=241');

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I'm not looking to actually retrieve anything from the source, I just want it to run once while the current page is loading.

Is there a better way of doing this? Or am I simply not using it correctly?

Thanks in advance!
-Henrik

[hitman6003]

Why are you only opening a socket to a different web page and not doing anything with it?

[quote]is there a better way of doing this?[/quote]

Yes, use fopen, file, file_get_contents, etc.

[quote]Or am I simply not using it correctly?[/quote]

Yes, and no.  http://www.php.net/fsockopen.  Specifically the variable that is passed to the function that returns error messages.

[Guest]

Hmm, then more accurately, how would I POST some variables from the local server onto the remote using fsockopen? I can't seem to find a way to do so that'll work on all webservers.