[SOLVED] passing POST data on link click, and not form button

[PC Nerd]

hi guys,

 

is it possible to send a form data to a page, using a link instead of a button?

 

id prefer not to have to rely on javascript, so i would like it to be ras html, or the like......

 

 

thanks for the help

 

yours, PC Nerd

[MadTechie]

Not a php question, so wrong section

[PC Nerd]

well can it be defined in php or something when it displays the form......  or do i have to rely entirely on the client? 

[pocobueno1388]

I don't think it's possible to send form data through a simple text link in PHP.

[PC Nerd]

thanks..... so i would have to use javascript to actually add the data into post.......

 

btw, if anyone knows how to directly write to POST, or a tutorial / example. would you be able to leet me know ( i know its the wrong section, but while this posts here, its better than making a new on elsewhere) ( GET is easy as you simply append to the url)

 

 

thanks for your help

[MadTechie]

to send a post your need to understand sockets

 

A simple HTTP request class using socket.

<?php
class HttpRequest
{
    var $sHostAdd;
    var $sUri;
    var $iPort;
   
    var $sRequestHeader;
   
    var $sResponse;
   
    function HttpRequest($sUrl)
    {
        $sPatternUrlPart = '/http:\/\/([a-z-\.0-9]+)(\d+)){0,1}(.*)/i';
        $arMatchUrlPart = array();
        preg_match($sPatternUrlPart, $sUrl, $arMatchUrlPart);
       
        $this->sHostAdd = gethostbyname($arMatchUrlPart[1]);
        if (empty($arMatchUrlPart[4]))
        {
            $this->sUri = '/';
        }
        else
        {
            $this->sUri = $arMatchUrlPart[4];
        }
        if (empty($arMatchUrlPart[3]))
        {
            $this->iPort = 80;
        }
        else
        {
            $this->iPort = $arMatchUrlPart[3];
        }
       
        $this->addRequestHeader('Host: '.$arMatchUrlPart[1]);
        $this->addRequestHeader('Connection: Close');
    }
   
    function addRequestHeader($sHeader)
    {
        $this->sRequestHeader .= trim($sHeader)."\r\n";
    }
   
    function sendRequest($sMethod = 'GET', $sPostData = '')
    {
        $sRequest = $sMethod." ".$this->sUri." HTTP/1.1\r\n";
        $sRequest .= $this->sRequestHeader;
        if ($sMethod == 'POST')
        {
            $sRequest .= "Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded\r\n";
            $sRequest .= "Content-Length: ".strlen($sPostData)."\r\n";
            $sRequest .= "\r\n";
            $sRequest .= $sPostData."\r\n";
        }
        $sRequest .= "\r\n";
       
        $sockHttp = socket_create(AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, SOL_TCP);
        if (!$sockHttp)
        {
            die('socket_create() failed!');
        }
       
        $resSockHttp = socket_connect($sockHttp, $this->sHostAdd, $this->iPort);
        if (!$resSockHttp)
        {
            die('socket_connect() failed!');
        }
       
        socket_write($sockHttp, $sRequest, strlen($sRequest));
       
        $this->sResponse = '';
        while ($sRead = socket_read($sockHttp, 4096))
        {
            $this->sResponse .= $sRead;
        }
       
        socket_close($sockHttp);
    }
   
    function getResponse()
    {
        return $this->sResponse;
    }
   
    function getResponseBody()
    {
        $sPatternSeperate = '/\r\n\r\n/';
        $arMatchResponsePart = preg_split($sPatternSeperate, $this->sResponse, 2);
        return $arMatchResponsePart[1];
    }
}
?>

[PC Nerd]

ok, thanks for the code, ill try and go learn about sockets, however im short on time, so i may just rely on javascript etc....... or simply use a button...

 

appreciate the fast replies,