| Re: Program to Submit to forms [message #173915 is a reply to message #173913] |
Thu, 12 May 2011 13:26   |
Jerry Stuckle
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On 5/12/2011 7:25 AM, Charlie wrote:
> On May 12, 12:21 am, Denis McMahon<denis.m.f.mcma...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>> On Wed, 11 May 2011 18:02:40 -0700, Charlie wrote:
>>> Every reference to form handler ... blah
>>
>> Charlie.
>>
>> You asked two questions. One question was "Can I do x using php?"
>>
>> The answer is yes, and that was the answer you were given.
>>
>> If you meant to ask "How do I ..." then ask "How do I ..."
>>
>> The other question you asked was "Can I do x using other languages?" and
>> again you were given the answer yes, because yes is again the correct
>> answer.
>>
>> If you're looking for a method to make a php script load a page from a
>> website, look at the curl module of php.
>>
>> Assuming you have an array of website urls and some formdata, you could,
>> for example, use a foreach loop to iterate over the array and curl to
>> submit the formdata to each website in turn.
>>
>> curl:http://www.php.net/manual/book.curl.php
>> foreach:http://www.php.net/manual/control-structures.foreach.php
>> arrays:http://www.php.net/manual/language.types.array.php
>>
>> Rgds
>>
>> Denis McMahon
>
> Lessons on grammar and trivialities such as loops are not productive.
> Nor is the use of singular when referring to an aspect of PHP
> consisting of 15 different functions, and reference to a page that
> lists options such as "starting a session" and "getting information on
> transfers and handles" without explanation as to what they mean or if
> they relate to what I want to do.
>
> If I want to load a page from a website, you ask? I thought I
> explained exactly what I want. (I referred to 10 arbitrary URLs to
> make it clear that the URLs are variable and arbitrary rather than
> being a single constant URL that might open up the possibility of a
> hard-coded solution not appropriate for my needs.)
>
> But if nobody is willing to simply talk about PHP code that does what
> I want (without a barrage of undefined alternate functionality to wade
> through) I will just pay someone from India to explain it. His
> English might be even worse than mine, but his sarcasm and
> condescending level are nonexistant (which also counts.)
>
> Thanks
>
> Charlie
With that attitude, you will need to pay someone to help you.
Denis's answer was correct - and considering no one here knows your
level of expertise, I think his comments on loops were fine.
As for his comments on curl - he's also correct in pointing you in the
right direction. Sure there are several functions available - but the
doc is pretty good on what they do.
The real problem here is you asked a broad question - and got a broad
response. If you ask more specific question, you get a more specific
response.
Or maybe you expected someone here to write the code for you and hand it
to you on a silver platter for free. It ain't gonna happen.
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