how do you find out what is being posted to a php script?

[veedub]

Hello!

  I have a PHP 'script1.php'  that is basically a listener for another system that has a command writing to script1.php. Going on the basis I can't see the command that is posting to script1.php. I was wondering if there is a way in PHP to see the names and values of all things posted to it?

 

cheers.

[taith]

you'd need to store that information into a database, when they're using that file...

[veedub]

thanks for the reply.

 

That isn't possible on the side that is posting the data. I thought there might be a trick in PHP to do this?

I can count the number of values being posted to the script by doing the following:

 

for($x=0;$x<count($_POST);$x++{

$field = $_POST[$x];

 

// do some action

}

[trq]

<?php

  foreach($_REQUEST as $k => $v) {
    echo "The key '$k' has a value of '$v'\n";
  }

?>

[AndyB]

If you have a script running on your server that is accepting data from offsite AND it's acting on the information, then clearly your script is able to 'see' the information otherwise it wouldn't do anything.

 

Unless Thorpe's code meets your needs, you'll need to be a bit more descriptive about what you really want.

[veedub]

Nice on Thorpe that's exactly what i wanted! cheers