[thelist] Submitting Request.ServerVariables("REQUEST_METHOD") in the URL

[Simon Willison]

> I am trying to extract some data from a website written in ASP, using 
> the fopen command in PHP. I can submit the variables which are required 
> but it also appears that the site I am trying to access needs to have 
> the Request.ServerVariables("REQUEST_METHOD") set to "Post".
> 
> Is there anyway of doing this, either by adding the info into the URL, 
> or otherwise?

It sounds like you need to send a full on HTTP POST request to the ASP 
script. Take a look at my HttpClient library for PHP - it lets you 
construct GET or POST requests, send them to another site, and retrieve 
the contents:

http://scripts.incutio.com/httpclient/

Hope that helps,

Simon Willison
http://simon.incutio.com/