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Hi all,
sorry about the subject, this one is seemingly hard to explain.

Is it possible for PHP (or even Javascript) to post variables in to a form on another website? This particular website has INPUT NAME specified in the source code.

This is for two internal systems at my job, and I require this functionality to avoid having to type form data in twice.

Thanks
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If the other site has register globals on (allowing you to fake $_POSTs as $_GETs),
by all means pass variables through query strings for remote logins or the like. That's how most phpBB sites get porno ads. :P

I've been considering a javascript approach to something that I have to do this week on a system that I do not control.
The plan (plan D, if you're wondering) is to

include('http://remoteServer.com/file.html')  , and have php generated javascript fill in the form after it loads.

The scenario is that they use a webform to enter data that they already know on the local system.
So if I can't get the other company to play nice with me in database exchanges, then I'll write a robot to fill in their forms as they're accustomed to.  bastards.

[quote author=fert link=topic=123456.msg510300#msg510300 date=1169441645]
look into CURL and ajax
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After researching CURL, it seems that it's only useful if you are dealing with php on the other server. The other server is using webpages that have a .nsf extension, which is likely made using Java / IBM's X10 Programming Language...

It looks like the only solution that I have is to work with the page after it has been processed by the server - meaning I'm going to need some sort of javascript that will post the data in to the form fields, identified by their INPUT NAME in the source code...
[quote author=bibby link=topic=123456.msg510324#msg510324 date=1169445270]
If the other site has register globals on (allowing you to fake $_POSTs as $_GETs),
by all means pass variables through query strings for remote logins or the like. That's how most phpBB sites get porno ads. :P

I've been considering a javascript approach to something that I have to do this week on a system that I do not control.
The plan (plan D, if you're wondering) is to

include('http://remoteServer.com/file.html')  , and have php generated javascript fill in the form after it loads.

The scenario is that they use a webform to enter data that they already know on the local system.
So if I can't get the other company to play nice with me in database exchanges, then I'll write a robot to fill in their forms as they're accustomed to.  bastards.


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This sounds like it's exactly what I need - you're dealing with the 'already-processed' HTML... Surely javascript can fill in fields after the page has loaded? maybe some sort of html frames system or something?
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