curl-and-php
Re: Curl won't POST?
Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2009 12:47:18 -0500
The analyzer form definitely says the method is POST? Hm, that's weird.
I'm using CentOS with libcurl/7.19.2 OpenSSL/0.9.8b zlib/1.2.3 libidn/0.6.5.
Is there like a libcurl settings file that you know of? I'm at a loss.
----- Original Message -----
From: Stephen Pynenburg
To: webmaster_at_simplymachine.com
Sent: Monday, January 12, 2009 11:32 AM
Subject: Re: Curl won't POST?
The code works fine for me on Windows XP, libcurl/7.16.0 OpenSSL/0.9.8g zlib/1.2.3 .
I'm not sure what it could be on your end... what sort of server are you running?
-Stephen
On Mon, Jan 12, 2009 at 9:34 AM, <webmaster_at_simplymachine.com> wrote:
Thanks for the reply, Stephen. I tried it that way as well but it doesn't seem to get any response. Also, I was originally using the http_form_post function and the problem is the same.
Could you try the code? It should display the analyzer form and say whether or not the request was GET or POST. If yours says POST I'll know something's wrong on my end.
----- Original Message -----
From: Stephen Pynenburg
To: webmaster_at_simplymachine.com ; curl with PHP
Sent: Sunday, January 11, 2009 10:39 PM
Subject: Re: Curl won't POST?
"Edit":
The code seems to use:
http($target, $ref, $method="POST", $data_array, INCL_HEAD);
whereas you have
http($target, $ref, "POST", $data_array, INCL_HEAD);
maybe try doing it like that?
On Sun, Jan 11, 2009 at 10:37 PM, Stephen Pynenburg <spynenburg_at_gmail.com> wrote:
Glancing at the code, the function http() says: if($method == POST) - note that POST is not a string, as you are passing it into the function as. I'm guessing it's a predefined variable in the class elsewhere.
Moreover, the posted code says:
# http()
# A common routine called by all of the previously described
# functions. You should always use one of the other wrappers for this
# routine and not call it directly.
You might want to consider just calling the other function, http_post_form, as it would probably be somewhat simpler.
-Stephen
2009/1/11 <webmaster_at_simplymachine.com>
I've searched the list but I don't see any similar problem. I'm using simple code from a book to send POST data with curl and it's coming through as GET instead, and with no variables appearing. I've tried this on two different servers. Is there some type of restrictive setting blocking this? The code is as follows:
<?php
include("LIB_http.php");
$action = "http://www.schrenk.com/nostarch/webbots/form_analyzer.php";
$method = "POST";
$ref="";
$data_array['term']="hello";
$response=http($target=$action, $ref, $method, $data_array, EXCL_HEAD);
print_r($response);
?>
and this is lib_http.php:
<?php
/*
########################################################################
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*/
#-----------------------------------------------------------------------
# LIB_http
#
# F U N C T I O N S
#
# http_get()
# Fetches a file from the Internet with the HTTP protocol
# http_header()
# Same as http_get(), but only returns HTTP header instead of
# the normal file contents
# http_get_form()
# Submits a form with the GET method
# http_get_form_withheader()
# Same as http_get_form(), but only returns HTTP header instead of
# the normal file contents
# http_post_form()
# Submits a form with the POST method
# http_post_withheader()
# Same as http_post_form(), but only returns HTTP header instead of
# the normal file contents
# http_header()
#
# http()
# A common routine called by all of the previously described
# functions. You should always use one of the other wrappers for this
# routine and not call it directly.
#
#-----------------------------------------------------------------------
# R E T U R N E D D A T A
# All of these routines return a three dimensional array defined as
# follows:
# $return_array['FILE'] = Contents of fetched file, will also
# include the HTTP header if requested
# $return_array['STATUS'] = CURL generated status of transfer
# $return_array['ERROR'] = CURL generated error status
########################################################################
/***********************************************************************
Webbot defaults (scope = global)
----------------------------------------------------------------------*/
# Define how your webbot will appear in server logs
define("WEBBOT_NAME", "Test Webbot");
# Length of time cURL will wait for a response (seconds)
define("CURL_TIMEOUT", 25);
# Location of your cookie file. (Must be fully resolved local address)
define("COOKIE_FILE", "c:\cookie.txt");
# DEFINE METHOD CONSTANTS
define("HEAD", "HEAD");
define("GET", "GET");
define("POST", "POST");
# DEFINE HEADER INCLUSION
define("EXCL_HEAD", FALSE);
define("INCL_HEAD", TRUE);
/***********************************************************************
User interfaces
-------------------------------------------------------------
*/
/***********************************************************************
function http_get($target, $ref)
-------------------------------------------------------------
DESCRIPTION:
Downloads an ASCII file without the http header
INPUT:
$target The target file (to download)
$ref The server referer variable
OUTPUT:
$return_array['FILE'] = Contents of fetched file, will also
include the HTTP header if requested
$return_array['STATUS'] = CURL generated status of transfer
$return_array['ERROR'] = CURL generated error status
***********************************************************************/
function http_get($target, $ref)
{
return http($target, $ref, $method="GET", $data_array="", EXCL_HEAD);
}
/***********************************************************************
http_get_withheader($target, $ref)
-------------------------------------------------------------
DESCRIPTION:
Downloads an ASCII file with the http header
INPUT:
$target The target file (to download)
$ref The server referer variable
OUTPUT:
$return_array['FILE'] = Contents of fetched file, will also
include the HTTP header if requested
$return_array['STATUS'] = CURL generated status of transfer
$return_array['ERROR'] = CURL generated error status
***********************************************************************/
function http_get_withheader($target, $ref)
{
return http($target, $ref, $method="GET", $data_array="", INCL_HEAD);
}
/***********************************************************************
http_get_form($target, $ref, $data_array)
-------------------------------------------------------------
DESCRIPTION:
Submits a form with the GET method and downloads the page
(without a http header) referenced by the form's ACTION variable
INPUT:
$target The target file (to download)
$ref The server referer variable
$data_array An array that defines the form variables
(See "Webbots, Spiders, and Screen Scrapers" for
more information about $data_array)
OUTPUT:
$return_array['FILE'] = Contents of fetched file, will also
include the HTTP header if requested
$return_array['STATUS'] = CURL generated status of transfer
$return_array['ERROR'] = CURL generated error status
***********************************************************************/
function http_get_form($target, $ref, $data_array)
{
return http($target, $ref, $method="GET", $data_array, EXCL_HEAD);
}
/***********************************************************************
http_get_form_withheader($target, $ref, $data_array)
-------------------------------------------------------------
DESCRIPTION:
Submits a form with the GET method and downloads the page
(with http header) referenced by the form's ACTION variable
INPUT:
$target The target file (to download)
$ref The server referer variable
$data_array An array that defines the form variables
(See "Webbots, Spiders, and Screen Scrapers" for
more information about $data_array)
OUTPUT:
$return_array['FILE'] = Contents of fetched file, will also
include the HTTP header if requested
$return_array['STATUS'] = CURL generated status of transfer
$return_array['ERROR'] = CURL generated error status
***********************************************************************/
function http_get_form_withheader($target, $ref, $data_array)
{
return http($target, $ref, $method="GET", $data_array, INCL_HEAD);
}
/***********************************************************************
http_post_form($target, $ref, $data_array)
-------------------------------------------------------------
DESCRIPTION:
Submits a form with the POST method and downloads the page
(without http header) referenced by the form's ACTION variable
INPUT:
$target The target file (to download)
$ref The server referer variable
$data_array An array that defines the form variables
(See "Webbots, Spiders, and Screen Scrapers" for
more information about $data_array)
OUTPUT:
$return_array['FILE'] = Contents of fetched file, will also
include the HTTP header if requested
$return_array['STATUS'] = CURL generated status of transfer
$return_array['ERROR'] = CURL generated error status
***********************************************************************/
function http_post_form($target, $ref, $data_array)
{
return http($target, $ref, $method="POST", $data_array, EXCL_HEAD);
}
function http_post_withheader($target, $ref, $data_array)
{
return http($target, $ref, $method="POST", $data_array, INCL_HEAD);
}
function http_header($target, $ref)
{
return http($target, $ref, $method="HEAD", $data_array="", INCL_HEAD);
}
/***********************************************************************
http($url, $ref, $method, $data_array, $incl_head)
-------------------------------------------------------------
DESCRIPTION:
This function returns a web page (HTML only) for a web page through
the execution of a simple HTTP GET request.
All HTTP redirects are automatically followed.
IT IS BEST TO USE ONE THE EARLIER DEFINED USER INTERFACES
FOR THIS FUNCTION
INPUTS:
$target Address of the target web site
$ref Address of the target web site's referrer
$method Defines request HTTP method; HEAD, GET or POST
$data_array A keyed array, containing query string
$incl_head TRUE = include http header
FALSE = don't include http header
RETURNS:
$return_array['FILE'] = Contents of fetched file, will also
include the HTTP header if requested
$return_array['STATUS'] = CURL generated status of transfer
$return_array['ERROR'] = CURL generated error status
***********************************************************************/
function http($target, $ref, $method, $data_array, $incl_head)
{
# Initialize PHP/CURL handle
$ch = curl_init();
# Prcess data, if presented
if(is_array($data_array))
{
# Convert data array into a query string (ie animal=dog&sport=baseball)
foreach ($data_array as $key => $value)
{
if(strlen(trim($value))>0)
$temp_string[] = $key . "=" . urlencode($value);
else
$temp_string[] = $key;
}
$query_string = join('&', $temp_string);
}
# HEAD method configuration
if($method == HEAD)
{
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HEADER, TRUE); // No http head
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_NOBODY, TRUE); // Return body
}
else
{
# GET method configuration
if($method == GET)
{
if(isset($query_string))
$target = $target . "?" . $query_string;
curl_setopt ($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPGET, TRUE);
curl_setopt ($ch, CURLOPT_POST, FALSE);
}
# POST method configuration
if($method == POST)
{
if(isset($query_string))
curl_setopt ($ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, $query_string);
curl_setopt ($ch, CURLOPT_POST, TRUE);
curl_setopt ($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPGET, FALSE);
}
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HEADER, $incl_head); // Include head as needed
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_NOBODY, FALSE); // Return body
}
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_COOKIEJAR, COOKIE_FILE); // Cookie management.
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_COOKIEFILE, COOKIE_FILE);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_TIMEOUT, CURL_TIMEOUT); // Timeout
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_USERAGENT, WEBBOT_NAME); // Webbot name
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, $target); // Target site
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_REFERER, $ref); // Referer value
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_VERBOSE, FALSE); // Minimize logs
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER, FALSE); // No certificate
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION, TRUE); // Follow redirects
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS, 4); // Limit redirections to four
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, TRUE); // Return in string
# Create return array
$return_array['FILE'] = curl_exec($ch);
$return_array['STATUS'] = curl_getinfo($ch);
$return_array['ERROR'] = curl_error($ch);
# Close PHP/CURL handle
curl_close($ch);
# Return results
return $return_array;
}
?>
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