PHP - Checking If Data Avalible For A Domain With Curl

Hi there,

I was thinking of using this following check system to see if a user has entered a good valid value for a categories selection, but it is just is_numeric, here's my line of single code for this:

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if(!array_key_exists('category', $_GET) || trim(is_numeric($_GET['category'])) == '')
Is there anything better that I can be using than is_numeric()?

I mean this would allow 2.22 which for the categories selection, would not be valid, I will only be allowing integer values, I mean it would potentially come up with no category selected but that wouldn't be very good would it?

It could be applied to a blog I am doing aswell, any guidance on such an improvement on this function would very much be appreciated,
Jeremy.

Hi,

I'm making a website that uses data stored in SQL.

One of my pages allows the user to enter a new product into a product table. I was wondering if somebody could help me with some validation or Query that will not allow the user to enter a product name that already exists in the table?

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$nameNew = $_POST['new];
$nameID = $_POST['newID];
$namePrice = $_POST['newPrice];

INSERT INTO products
VALUES ($nameNew, $newID, $newPrice)

$describeQuery = "SELECT ID, Name, Price FROM Products";


$results = sqlsrv_query($conn, $describeQuery);

echo '<table border="1" BORDERCOLOR=Black>';
echo '<tr><th bgcolor = "LightBlue">Name</th><th bgcolor = "LightBlue" >ID</th> <th bgcolor = "LightBlue" >Price</th></tr>';


while($row = sqlsrv_fetch_array($results, SQLSRV_FETCH_ASSOC))
  {   
    echo '<tr>';
echo '<td >' .$row['Name'].'</td>';
echo '<td>' .$row['ID'].'</td>';
echo '<td>' .$row['Price'].'</td>';

echo '</tr>';
}

echo '</table>';
sqlsrv_close($conn);


   
Thanks

I am trying to go to http://lirr42.mta.info/
and get the data from the submitted form. I have rebuilt the form exactly as needed, and done a few adjustments.  The posts that I am sending from MY form, are the same as the one on the site.  This site allows public data mining by the way.  So does someone seem something wrong with my code?

I know the basics are working. I have another page that is working fine. It's just this one ends up returning something..it returns part of the data but it's something wrong with it.

Any advice is appreciated.
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<?php
define( 'DEBUG', true );

define( 'DEFAULT_STOP', 'Broadway' );

// report all errors during development/debug mode
if ( DEBUG ) 
error_reporting( E_ALL );
else
error_reporting( 0 );

include( 'simplehtmldom/simple_html_dom.php' );

$mta_post_url = 'http://lirr42.mta.info/schedules.php';

// GTFS Specification File Definitions
$gtfs_files = array
(
'agency'          =>  'agency.txt',                  // required
'stops'           =>  'stops.txt',                   // required
'routes'          =>  'routes.txt',                  // required
'trips'           =>  'trips.txt',                   // required
'stop_times'      =>  'stop_times.txt',              // required
'calendar'        =>  'calendar.txt',                // required
'calendar_dates'  =>  'calendar_dates.txt',
'fare_rules'      =>  'fare_rules.txt',
'fare_attributes' =>  'fare_attributes.txt',
'shapes'          =>  'shapes.txt',
'frequencies'     =>  'frequencies.txt',
'transfers'       =>  'transfers.txt'
);

$gtfs_pickup_codes = array
(
    0 => 'Regularly scheduled pickup',
    1 => 'No pickup available',
    2 => 'Must phone agency to arrange pickup',
    3 => 'Must coordinate with driver to arrange pickup'
);

$gtfs_dropoff_codes = array
(
0 => 'Regularly scheduled drop off', 
    1 => 'No drop off available',
    2 => 'Must phone agency to arrange drop off',
    3 => 'Must coordinate with driver to arrange drop off'
);

// load stops file 
$stopsFile = fopen( 'data/lir/' . $gtfs_files[ 'stops' ], "r" );

if ( $stopsFile )
{
// get (and toss) header row
$stopsHeader = fgetcsv( $stopsFile, 1000 );

// print_r( $stopsHeader );

// will hold HTML output for Select dropdown for stops
$stopSelectOptions = '';

// build array from file data
while ( $data = fgetcsv( $stopsFile, 1000 ) )
{
$stopsData[ $data[1] ] = $data[0]; 
}

// get a sorted array of the stop names ( yes this could be done with array_multisort or usort but I didnj't feel like it right now )
$stopNames = array_keys( $stopsData );
sort( $stopNames );

// loop through sorted array and create SELECT options with default SELECTED at Grand Central Terminal
foreach( $stopNames as $stop )
$stopSelectOptions .= sprintf( '<option %s value="%d">%s</option>', ( DEFAULT_STOP == $stop ) ?  'selected="selected"' : '' , $stopsData[ $stop ], $stop ) . "\n\r";
}
fclose( $stopsFile );


// load ads file 
$adsFile = fopen( 'ads.txt', "r" );

if ( $adsFile )
{
// get (and toss) header row
$adsHeader = fgetcsv( $adsFile, 1000 );

// will hold ads available for stops
$ads = array();

// build array from file data
while ( $data = fgetcsv( $adsFile, 1000 ) )
{
$ads[ $data[0] ] = array
(
'filename' => $data[1],
'url'      => $data[2],
'text'     => $data[3]
);
}
fclose( $adsFile );
}


// printout the html header
require_once( 'header.php' );


if ( 'POST' == $_SERVER[ 'REQUEST_METHOD' ] ) 
{
$from_stop = $_POST[ 'FromStation' ];  // @todo Filter! http://www.php.net/manual/en/filter.filters.validate.php
$orig_station = $from_stop;

$to_stop = $_POST[ 'ToStation' ];  // @todo Filter! http://www.php.net/manual/en/filter.filters.validate.php
$dest_station = $to_stop;

if (  $to_stop == $from_stop ) 
{
$error = 'Originating and Destination stops are the same.';
}
else
{

print_ad( $orig_station, $dest_station, $location='top' );

$travel_date = $_POST[ 'RequestDate' ];
$requestTime = $_POST[ 'RequestTime' ];
$am_pm       = $_POST[ 'RequestAMPM' ];
$filter      = $_POST[ 'sortBy' ];

/*
* Lets post this to MTA.info
*/

$mta_curl = curl_init();

$mta_curl_options = array
(
CURLOPT_FAILONERROR    => true,
CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION => false,
// CURLOPT_MUTE           => true,
CURLOPT_POST           => true,
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_CONNECTTIMEOUT => 30,
CURLOPT_TIMEOUT        => 30,
CURLOPT_URL            => $mta_post_url,
CURLOPT_REFERER        => 'http://lirr42.mta.info/',
CURLOPT_USERAGENT      => 'MTA Info Scrape/1.0',
CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS     => http_build_query( $_POST )
);
curl_setopt_array( $mta_curl, $mta_curl_options );
$mta_response = curl_exec( $mta_curl );

if ( false === $mta_response )
{
curl_close( $mta_curl );
die( sprintf( 'Response Code:%s, Curl Error No:%s, Curl Error Message:%s', curl_getinfo( $mta_curl, CURLINFO_HTTP_CODE ),curl_errno( $mta_curl ), curl_error( $mta_curl ) ) );
}
else
{
curl_close( $mta_curl );
echo '<pre>' . htmlentities( $mta_response ) . '</pre>';

$html = new simple_html_dom();
$html->load( $mta_response );
$schedule_table = $html->find( 'table', 0 );  // find second table in the response
$row_count = 0;

// will hold HTML output for table
$stopSchedule = '<table><th>Departs</th><th>Arrives</th><th>Minutes</th><th>Transfer</th><th>Fare</th></tr>';

foreach ( $schedule_table->find('tr') as $schedule_row ) 
{
$row_count++;
// check for and skip header row
if ( 1 == $row_count )
continue;

// check for and skip last row which first TD has rowspan attribute
if ( $schedule_row->children(0)->colspan )
{
continue;
}
// extract table data for this row
$depart_time      = $schedule_row->children( 0 )->innertext;
$arrive_time      = $schedule_row->children( 2 )->innertext;
$minutes_traveled = $schedule_row->children( 4 )->innertext;
$transfer         = $schedule_row->children( 5 )->innertext;
$fare             = $schedule_row->children( 6 )->plaintext; 
// add table row to html output
$stopSchedule .= sprintf( '<tr><td>%s</td><td>%s</td><td>%s</td><td>%s</td><td>%s</td></tr>', $depart_time, $arrive_time, $minutes_traveled, $transfer, $fare ) . "\n\r";
}  // end foreach schedule_row

// add table end tag to html output
$stopSchedule .= '</table>';

// output table to browser
echo $stopSchedule;

print_ad( $orig_station, $dest_station, $location='bottom' );

} // end if mta response

} // end if not same orig and dest 

} // end if POST


if ( 'GET' == $_SERVER[ 'REQUEST_METHOD' ] || ! empty( $error ) ) 
{

print_ad( null, null, $location = 'default' );

?>

<form method="post">

<?php

if ( ! empty ( $error ) )
{
echo sprintf( '<div class="error">%s</div>', $error );
}

?>

From:<br />
<select id="orig_station" name="FromStation" tabindex="2">
<?php echo $stopSelectOptions; ?>
</select>

<br />
<br />

To:<br />
<select id="dest_station" name="ToStation" tabindex="3">
<?php echo $stopSelectOptions; ?>
</select>

<br />
<br />

<input id="date1" name="RequestDate" size="12" maxlength="10" tabindex="4" value="<?php echo date( 'm/d/Y' ); ?>" />

<?php 
$currentHour = trim( date( 'h' ) );
$currentMinutes = trim( date( 'i' ) );
$currentMinutesFloor =  sprintf( '%02d' , $currentMinutes - ( $currentMinutes % 30 ) );
$currentAMPM = trim ( date( 'A' ) );

$start_time = strtotime( '1:00 AM' );
$end_time = strtotime( '1:00 PM' );
?>

<select name="RequestTime" tabindex="5">
<?php
while( $start_time < $end_time )
{
$option_time = date( 'h:i', $start_time );
$option_hour = trim( date( 'h', $start_time ) );

$option_minutes = trim( date( 'i', $start_time ) );
$option_selected = (  $option_hour == $currentHour && $option_minutes  == $currentMinutesFloor );

echo sprintf( '<option %s>%s</option>', ( $option_selected ) ? 'selected="selected"' : '',  $option_time ) . "\r\n";

$start_time = $start_time + 30*60;
}
?>
</select>

<select name="RequestAMPM" tabindex="6">

<option value="AM" <?php echo ( 'AM' == $currentAMPM ) ? 'selected="SELECTED"' : ''; ?>>AM</option>
<option value="PM" <?php echo ( 'PM' == $currentAMPM ) ? 'selected="SELECTED"' : ''; ?>>PM</option>
</select>

<input name="sortBy" type="hidden" value="1" />
<input type="submit" name="submit" value="Check Schedule" />
</form>


<!--  images/base/
ic_menu_back.png
ic_menu_home.png

-->
<?php 

}

require_once( 'footer.php' );

?>

I have json code  and i want to prine only {"currency":"DOGE","available":"0","reserved":"420.000000000"} data.

my json data

[{"currency":"1ST","available":"0","reserved":"0"},{"currency":"DOGE","available":"0","reserved":"420.000000000"},{"currency":"ZSC","available":"0","reserved":"0"}]    

I use this code

 <?php
  $ch = curl_init('http://arbitrage.adquash.com/balance.json'); 
 curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER,1);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, array('accept: application/json'));
 $return = curl_exec($ch); 
  curl_close($ch); 
$result=json_decode($return);
echo "<pre>";
foreach($result as $row){
  echo $row->$a['currency']['available']['reserved'];

?>

OK, I have the initial cURL working but need to figure out how to extract data I want off that webpage to display or store in a database, I tried using dom and xpath, but because of the way the page displays using css, i think its not picking it up. Here is my cURL script:
<?php
$userAgent = 'Googlebot/2.1 (http://www.googlebot.com/bot.html)';

$target_url = "www.test.com";
$ch = curl_init();
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_USERAGENT, $userAgent);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL,$target_url);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_FAILONERROR, true);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION, true);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_AUTOREFERER, true);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER,true);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_TIMEOUT, 10);
$html = curl_exec($ch);
if (!$html) {
echo "<br />cURL error number:" .curl_errno($ch);
echo "<br />cURL error:" . curl_error($ch);
exit;
}
// parse the html into a DOMDocument
$dom = new DOMDocument();
$dom->loadHTML($html);

// grab all the on the page
$xpath = new DOMXPath($dom);
$hrefs = $xpath->evaluate("/html/body//td");

for ($i = 0; $i < $hrefs->length; $i++) {
$href = $hrefs->item($i);
$url = $href->getAttribute('href');
storeLink($url,$target_url);
echo "<br />Link stored: $url";
}

?>
and here is a snippet of the source of the page I am getting:

<span id="lblTest"><h1 id='surrZipTitle'>Agents in Surrounding Zip Codes</h1><table cellpadding='0' cellspacing='0' border='0' class='tblDent'><tr><td class='tdEliteTitle'><span class='caaSubHead3 addwidth'>H.K. Dent Elite</span></td></tr><tr><td class='tdEliteContent'><table cellpadding='0' cellspacing='0' border='0'><tr><td valign='top'><span class='caaAgencyName2 addwidth'>PROFESSIONAL INS ASSOC, INC.</span></td><td valign='top'>&nbsp;</td></tr></table><table cellpadding='0' cellspacing='0' border='0'><tr><td width='360px' valign='top'><div class='addressBlock'><span>4444 MANZANITA AVE STE 6</span><br /><span>CARMICHAEL                    , CA 95608-1488</span><br /><a class='faaBlueLink' id='lnkContact' href='http://www.safeco.com/portal/server.pt/gateway/PTARGS_0_20656_395_362_0_43/http%3B/por-portlets-prd.int.apps.safeco.com%3B13425/dotcom/FindAnAgent/find-an-agent/contactanagent.aspx?RequestType=agency&level=elite&Id=0415199904150295&lat=38.646142&lng=-121.327623' onclick='oOobj4.Preferences.Plugins.Events.poX=0;'>Contact &amp; Directions</a> &nbsp;&nbsp; <a class='faaBlueLink' id='lnkWebSite' style='display: none;' href='http://' target='_blank' onclick="return trackEvent('/External-Link/AgentWebsite/                                                                      ','PROFESSIONAL INS ASSOC, INC.                                ');">Website</a></div></td><td valign='top'>&nbsp;</td></tr></table></td></tr></table><table cellpadding='0' cellspacing='0' border='0' class='tblDent'><tr><td class='tdEliteTitle'><span class='caaSubHead3 addwidth'>H.K. Dent Elite</span></td></tr><tr><td class='tdEliteContent'><table cellpadding='0' cellspacing='0' border='0'><tr><td valign='top'><span class='caaAgencyName2 addwidth'>AMERICAN AIM AUTO INS AGY, INC</span></td><td valign='top'>&nbsp;</td></tr></table><table cellpadding='0' cellspacing='0' border='0'><tr><td width='360px' valign='top'><div class='addressBlock'><span>5339 SAN JUAN AVE</span><br /><span>FAIR OAKS                     , CA 95628-3318</span><br /><a class='faaBlueLink' id='lnkContact' href='http://www.safeco.com/portal/server.pt/gateway/PTARGS_0_20656_395_362_0_43/http%3B/por-portlets-prd.int.apps.safeco.com%3B13425/dotcom/FindAnAgent/find-an-agent/contactanagent.aspx?RequestType=agency&level=elite&Id=0415911704151222&lat=38.66237&lng=-121.292429' onclick='oOobj4.Preferences.Plugins.Events.poX=0;'>Contact &amp; Directions</a>

So basically I want to extract the agency name like "<span class='caaAgencyName2 addwidth'>PROFESSIONAL INS ASSOC, INC.</span>" and the address which always use the same div class like "caaAgencyName2" and "addressBlock".  How can this be accomplished?

I'm using cURL to crawl and scrape data from a website. This website contains tables with rows of data. When I send a cURL POST for the underlying data at a specific row(A), it will return the expected data. But when I move to the second row(B), the data returns blank or specifically, a tons of spaces (or &#nbsp's.) When I access the cURL's POST location by browser, I can see (B)'s data. The only difference in the 2 POST's are location ID's for the data. I don't think it's a problem with JavaScript as I can successfully return data from row (A) as I mentioned.

Hi there,
OK, there is what I'm trying to accomplish - I want to send POST instantly when the page is loaded without "Submit" button or anything like that.
Here how it looks using JavaScript:
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<form name="postdata" action="http://www.mywebsite.com/post.php" method="post">
    <input name="data" type="text" value="1"/>
</form>
<script type="text/javascript" language="JavaScript">
document.postdata.submit();
</script>

Works fine with JavaScript, however i can't use it.

Here is reference for CURL: http://php.net/manual/en/book.curl.php
I found this curl_post function at php.net to simplify things up.
<?php

/**
 * Send a POST requst using cURL
 * @param string $url to request
 * @param array $post values to send
 * @param array $options for cURL
 * @return string
 */
function curl_post($url, array $post = NULL, array $options = array())
{
    $defaults = array(
        CURLOPT_POST => 1,
        CURLOPT_HEADER => 0,
        CURLOPT_URL => $url,
        CURLOPT_FRESH_CONNECT => 1,
        CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => 1,
        CURLOPT_FORBID_REUSE => 1,
        CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 4,
        CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => http_build_query($post)
    );

    $ch = curl_init();
    curl_setopt_array($ch, ($options + $defaults));
    if( ! $result = curl_exec($ch))
    {
        trigger_error(curl_error($ch));
    }
    curl_close($ch);
    return $result;
}
$test = curl_post("http://www.mywebsite.com/post.php", array("data" => "1"));
print($test);
?>

Looks like it uses GET instead POST (used sniffer to verify this).
I'm trying to send POST data to other host, if that matters.
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks in advance.

First of all... this is a GREAT forum. Been lurking around here for a long time and searched all over but still can't find a solution to a problem I'm facing.

Here's my cURL code - I am basically retrieving data from a web site:
<?php

$curl_handle=curl_init();
curl_setopt($curl_handle,CURLOPT_URL,'http://myprimemobile.com/update.html');
curl_setopt($curl_handle,CURLOPT_CONNECTTIMEOUT,2);
curl_setopt($curl_handle,CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER,1);
$buffer = curl_exec($curl_handle);
curl_close($curl_handle);

if (empty($buffer))
{
    print "Connection Timeout<p>";
}
else
{
    print $buffer;
}
?>

If you take a look at the site http://myprimemobile.com/update.html -- it will begin to update new information. I want to basically retrieve the data from that page but in my own way.

I want to loop through the page and search for all the names, addresses, and phone numbers only (not store hours or anything else), and want to put it in a variable so I can create a table with all that information on my page.

Based on the code, all the information is stored in the $buffer variable. I want to break this variable down to extract certain data in a 'div' or a 'table'. Please help me out. Thanks!

I'm getting data from a remote XML file using the following as a result of a form:

Code: [Select]
<?php

header('Content-type: text/xml');

//extract data from the post
extract($_POST);

//set POST variables
$url = 'https://www.*******';
$fields = array(
            'ESERIES_FORM_ID'=>urlencode($ESERIES_FORM_ID),
            'MXIN_USERNAME'=>urlencode($MXIN_USERNAME),
            'MXIN_PASSWORD'=>urlencode($MXIN_PASSWORD),
            'MXIN_VRM'=>urlencode($MXIN_VRM),
            'MXIN_TRANSACTIONTYPE'=>urlencode($MXIN_TRANSACTIONTYPE),
            'MXIN_PAYMENTCOLLECTIONTYPE'=>urlencode($MXIN_PAYMENTCOLLECTIONTYPE),
            'MXIN_CAPCODE'=>urlencode($MXIN_CAPCODE)
        );

//url-ify the data for the POST
foreach($fields as $key=>$value) { $fields_string .= $key.'='.$value.'&'; }
rtrim($fields_string,'&');

//open connection
$ch = curl_init();

//set the url, number of POST vars, POST data
curl_setopt($ch,CURLOPT_URL,$url);
curl_setopt($ch,CURLOPT_POST,count($fields));
curl_setopt($ch,CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS,$fields_string);

//execute post
$result = curl_exec($ch);

//close connection
curl_close($ch);


?>
Which is displaying what was the remote XML page, but has brought it to my domain.

How would I go about taking the results of the displaying XML page and displaying them on the next page rather than just displaying the XML data?

Many thanks in advanced!

I'm trying to send a HTTPS POST request with XML data to a server using PHP.

Anything sends to the server requires authentication therefore I'll use cURL.

Some background info.: the XML data is to request the server to upload a file from a specific URL to its local storage.

One rule of using this API is I MUST set the content type for each request to application/xml.

This is what I've done but isn't working...

<?php
$fields = array(
'data'=>'<n1:asset xmlns:n1="http://.....com/"><title>AAAA</title><fileName>http://192.168.11.30:8080/xxx.html</fileName><description>AAAA_desc</description><fileType>HTML</fileType></n1:asset>'
);
$fields_string = "";
foreach($fields as $key=>$value) {
$fields_string .= $key.'='.$value.'&';
}
rtrim($fields_string,'&');

$url = "https://192.168.11.41:8443/";

$ch = curl_init();
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, $url);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POST, count($fields));
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, $fields_string);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER, false);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYHOST, false);

curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HEADER, true);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_USERPWD, "admin:12345678");
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, array('Content-type: application/xml', 'Content-length: '. strlen($fields_string)) );

$result = curl_exec( $ch );

curl_close($ch); 

echo $result;
?>

I am expected to get an XML reply of either upload successful or upload failed. But instead I am getting this error message.

HTTP/1.1 415 Unsupported Media Type Server: Apache-Coyote/1.1 Content-Type: text/xml;charset=UTF-8 Content-Length: 0 Date: Thu, 02 Dec 2010 03:02:33 GMT

I'm sure the file type is correct, the XML format is correct. I've tried urlencode the fields but it didn't work. What else I might have done wrong?

I've looked at various cURL tutorials and the PHP manual, but I don't see what I'm doing wrong here. My goal is to be able to send data to test.php and then have that page run a MySQL query to insert the TITLE and MESSAGE into the database. Any comments? :/

post.php

<?php
                if(isset($_GET['title']) && isset($_GET['message']) && isset($_GET['times']))
                {
                    $array = array('title' => urlencode($_GET['title']), 'message' => urlencode($_GET['message']));
                    
                    foreach($array as $key => $value) { $fields = $key.'='. $value .'&'; }
                    rtrims($felds);
                    
                    //set our init handle
                    $curl_init = curl_init();
                    
                    //set our URL
                    curl_setopt($curl_init, CURLOPT_URL, 'some url');
                    
                    //set the number of fields we're sending
                    curl_setopt($curl_init ,CURLOPT_POST, count($array));
                    
                    for($i = 0; $i < $_GET['times']; $i++)
                    {
                        //send the POST data
                        curl_setopt($curl_init, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, $fields);
                        curl_exec($curl_init);
                        
                        echo 'post #'.$i. ' sent<br/>';
                    }
                    
                    //complete
                    echo '<b>COMPLETE</b>';

                    //close session
                    curl_close($curl_init);
                    
                }
                else
                {
                    ?>
        
                    <form action="post.php" method="GET">
                    <table>
                    <tr><td>Title</td><td><input type="text" name="title" maxlength="30"></td></tr>
                    <tr><td>Content</td><td><textarea name="message" rows="20" cols="45" maxlength="2000"></textarea></td></tr>
                    <tr><td>Process Amount</td><td><input type="text" name="times" size="5" maxlength="3"></td></tr>
                    <tr><td>START</td><td><input type="submit" value="Initiate Posting"></td></tr>
                    </table>
                    </form>
        
                    <?php
                }
            ?>


test.php

<?php

mysql_connect('host', 'user', 'pass');
mysql_select_db('somedb');

if($_POST['title'] && $_POST['message'])
{
    mysql_insert("INSERT INTO tests VALUES (null, '{$_POST['title']}', '{$_POST['message']}')");
}

echo '<hr><br/>';

//query
$query = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM tests ORDER BY id DESC");

while($row = mysql_fetch_assoc($query))
{
    echo $row['id'].'TITLE: '. $row['title'] .'<br/>MESSAGE: '. $row['message'] .'<br/><br/>';
}
?>

ok i have been trying for over a week now, and i just relearning php again after a few years of being lazy. lol

here is a code snippet.
Quote

//prep the members
$myFile2 = "members.txt";
$fh2 = fopen($myFile2, 'r');
$theData2 = fread($fh2, filesize($myFile2));
fclose($fh2);
//echo $theData2;
//grab the stats!
$url = 'http://link';
$postdata = 'players='.$theData2.'&fields=all';
$ch = curl_init($url);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POST, true);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, $postdata);
$data = curl_exec($ch);
curl_close($ch);
$data = json_decode($data,true);


the orininal code
Quote

//prep the members
$members = "member,member1,member two,member blue";
//grab the stats!
$url = 'http://link';
$postdata = 'players='.$members.'&fields=all';
$ch = curl_init($url);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POST, true);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, $postdata);
$data = curl_exec($ch);
curl_close($ch);
$data = json_decode($data,true);


now the problium i am having is that with the original way, listing the members indevidualy is not the way i would like it, it would be easyer if it was in .txt form so i can add top it easyer. Also i have 300 people to add and the string doesnt seem to like that many people in it.....so i made a txt file, and it all works except that when i load the page it does not display the members stats from the external link. each players stats gets posted on the page and sorted who is ranked highest.

echo works for echoing the contents of the file. however thats usless to me as i want the contents of the file to work like the orininal code.

sorry if its confusing....

basicaly there is data from the link for each player asociated with there name. which is seperated by a , in the code. so each time a , is reached the code repeats its self posting each player till there are no more to post. the string is to short for me or just seems to not work with 300 people. i need it to read the external .txt file or something simular and work in the same mannor.

I have looked up tutorials on Google. I am still confused. I built a php script that receives the data from my html form then filters out bad words. I am trying to get the script to resend the data to pm.cgi. The form was originally targeting pm.cgi but it needed filtered. This is why i am using php in the first place.  Please help me pass these variables from the php script to the cgi script the same way that a html form would. Thank you.
Here is my code, it prints correctly. I cannot get cURL to work.
<?php
  $action = $_GET['action'] ;
  $login = $_REQUEST['login'] ;
  $ID = $_REQUEST['ID'] ;
  $text = $_REQUEST['Unused10'] ;
  $submit = $_REQUEST['submit'] ;


function filterBadWords($str){

 // words to filter
 $badwords=array( "badword1", "badword2");

 // replace filtered words with random spaces
 $replacements=array( "****", "***", "****" );

 for($i=0;$i < sizeof($badwords);$i++){
  srand((double)microtime()*1000000);
  $rand_key = (rand()%sizeof($replacements));
  $str=eregi_replace($badwords[$i], $replacements[$rand_key], $str);
 }
 return $str;
}
$text = filterBadWords($text);
print_r($action);
print_r($login);
print_r($ID);
print_r($text);
print_r($submit);


?>

I need to send the variables that i printed above to pm.cgi. Can you point me in the right direction? Thanks again!

Hi guys
Can someone help me about this:
The php code can be revise username and password with CURL then check database and if username & password is correct return true else false.

Thanks

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