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Re: Program to Submit to forms

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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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Program to Submit to forms Charlie <shymathguy@gmail.com> - 2011-05-11 14:25 -0700
  Re: Program to Submit to forms JohnT <john@example.com> - 2011-05-11 22:17 +0000
  Re: Program to Submit to forms MacRoks <macroks@aim.com> - 2011-05-11 20:19 -0400
    Re: Program to Submit to forms Charlie <shymathguy@gmail.com> - 2011-05-11 17:47 -0700
    Re: Program to Submit to forms Charlie <shymathguy@gmail.com> - 2011-05-11 18:02 -0700
      Re: Program to Submit to forms Denis McMahon <denis.m.f.mcmahon@gmail.com> - 2011-05-12 04:21 +0000
        Re: Program to Submit to forms stephen.slator@yahoo.com - 2011-05-11 22:29 -0700
        Re: Program to Submit to forms Charlie <shymathguy@gmail.com> - 2011-05-12 04:25 -0700
          Re: Program to Submit to forms Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2011-05-12 09:26 -0400
            Re: Program to Submit to forms Charlie <shymathguy@gmail.com> - 2011-05-12 12:43 -0700
              Re: Program to Submit to forms Denis McMahon <denis.m.f.mcmahon@gmail.com> - 2011-05-12 22:58 +0000
                Re: Program to Submit to forms Denis McMahon <denis.m.f.mcmahon@gmail.com> - 2011-05-13 02:55 +0000
                Re: Program to Submit to forms Charlie <shymathguy@gmail.com> - 2011-05-13 15:42 -0700
                Re: Program to Submit to forms The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2011-05-14 00:58 +0100
              Re: Program to Submit to forms Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2011-05-12 19:30 -0400

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