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Re: PHP style postfields with []

From: Daniel Stenberg <daniel_at_haxx.se>
Date: Tue, 29 Oct 2002 01:41:08 +0100 (MET)

On Mon, 28 Oct 2002, charles wrote:

> Hello,
> Im trying to write a stats collector that collects stats from various
> websites. For one of them they have this (edited for room)
>
> <input type=checkbox name="stat[]" value="raw" checked>
> <input type=checkbox name="stat[]" value="uniq" checked>
> <input type=checkbox name="stat[]" value="join" checked>
>
> and so forth, if i wanted to check more than to have raw and uniq checked, how would i send this in the post fields, i have tried
>
> parms = "stat[]=raw&stat[]=uniq";
>
> and
>
> parms = "stat=raw";
>
> but it doesnt appear to be working, any thoughts ?

It's all reeeeeally simple:

1. Save the HTML
2. replace the POST with a GET.
3. Make a submit with your browser.
4. Read the URL.
5. Copy the part to the right of the ? and use that.

With all the three above boxes checked, it makes this:

stat%5B%5D=raw&stat%5B%5D=uniq&stat%5B%5D=join

-- 
 Daniel Stenberg -- curl, cURL, Curl, CURL. Groks URLs.
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Received on 2002-10-29