[thelist] POST data with PHP

[Burhan Khalid]

sbeam wrote:

> On Thursday 12 August 2004 05:15 am, Kasimir K wrote:
> 
>>Richard Livsey wrote on 12/08/2004 4:52:
>>
>>>A tricky one this, and I'm not sure if it is at all possible, but
>>>here goes.
>>>
>>>1. I have a form which points to a PHP script.
>>>2. When the script receives the POST data, it validates it.
>>>3. If the data doesnt validate, a page is displayed with details.
>>>4. If the data validates, then the POST data wants to be sent on to
>>>another page which may not be on the same server.
>>>
>>>Is step 4 possible?
>>
>>I haven't done this myself, but it should be possible. Below is a
>>function I use to make GET requests, it's fairly easy to change it
>>for POST's.
> 
> 
> Not tricky at all. This wheel has already been invented:
> http://pear.php.net/package/HTTP_Client/

There is also cURL http://www.php.net/curl which can be used for this.