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RE: Curl download file

From: moorman dhungel <kaancho12_at_hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2008 22:00:20 +0000

I am trying to access a web page that spits out reports. The page requires me to fill out the criteria in a form in a page and the page it posts to brings up the "save file" dialog.

I am trying to accomplish this all through a php script.
thanks

 

> Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2008 14:04:49 -0700
> From: dan_at_coneharvesters.com
> To: curl-users_at_cool.haxx.se
> Subject: Re: Curl download file
>
> On Thu, Jun 26, 2008 at 08:50:55PM +0000, moorman dhungel wrote:
> > Say, when I go to a certain web page it brings up the "save file" dialog.
> > Basically this will allow the user to download the file and save it in their
> > local format.
> >
> > Is this possible to achieve this through curl?
> >
> > If so can u give me an example or where I should look at?
>
> What exactly are you trying to achieve? curl can certainly be used to
> download files from a server, just like a browser, by using the -O option.
>
> >>> Dan
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Received on 2008-06-27