is it possible to emulate a user and use server side code?

[bitman]

hi all,

if i have a php web application that requires logon,
and i have a userid for that application.
is it possible to write a local php script, that will login
to the application and will do actions inside this application without
opening the pages in the web-browser? (that my script will emulate
a user activating the application from within the browser..)

or even better, is it possible to activate locally the functions
that are defined in the remote scripts?

thanks.
bitman

[ober]

You can certainly make calls to a web application without a browser, but I'm not aware of a way to do it with PHP that doesn't involve a browser unless you use the compiled version of PHP. I'd personally suggest using another system-based piece of software that has the ability to send headers to do the job.