[thelist] Program control of FORM submission

Burhan Khalid thelist at meidomus.com
Fri Nov 14 15:23:19 CST 2003


Sam Carter wrote:

> I've been asked to research how a software program could read an HTTP form,
> fill in the input fields and submit.
>  
> Anyone have a URL that describes the process?

Not a URL, but Snoopy [1] does this. Its a browser emulator class 
written in PHP that I am a big fan of. Also, there are a few packages in 
PEAR [2] that deal with HTTP.

Hope this helps

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Burhan Khalid
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[1] http://snoopy.sourceforge.net
[2] http://pear.php.net/packages.php?catpid=11&catname=HTTP

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