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Processing a POST-type form through header() ?
Is it possible to do this:
But act as if it were a FORM being processed with the POST type.PHP Code:header("Location: submit.php?&userid=4");
So, identical as if <form action="submit.php"> and <input type="hidden" name="user" value="4" /> were being processed.
And when I am redirected to the new page, the URL in the address bar should be clean, and show only submit.php (not act like a GET).
Hopefully this makes some sense..
Well, I just had a play but with no luck. You'd need to send some HTTP headers around. I've attached a simple EXE (zipped) that will probably help, it reads headers from page requests, pretty nifty tool
Hmm.. I think you forgot to attach it.
There's a great article over at http://www.zend.com/zend/spotlight/mimocsumissions.php
Should help you out :-)
My name is Steve, and I'm a super-villian.
Hrrrmmmm, I'm sure I attached it
Attachments have to be approved by an Advisor.
Mike
It's not who I am underneath, but what I do that defines me.
Ta
Thanks lieut, that tutorial is very thorough, although not quite what I need.Originally Posted by lieut_data
Everything is there, but in that tutorial when the POST data is processed, it doesn't actually take you to the new URL.
My example is that once a customer to my website fills out the "pay" form and clicks "pay via paypal," I need to pass POST data using header(), or sockets, into PayPal.
I need it to redirect to that PayPal page also, where you actually buy the product.
I see it is if I used this code, it will process the data via socket, but it wont redirect to the PayPal page... or at least that is what I think it'll do.
Using the structure of the data from that nifty program P@ckman posted, would something like this work?
Or is this idea just totally wack?PHP Code:header("POST /cgi-bin/webscr HTTP/1.0");
header("Host: WWW.PAYPAL.COM");
header("Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded");
header("amount=$amount&business=$business,etc.....");
header("Location: /cgi-bin/webscr");
Currently I use the following:
The only problem with this is that if the user is at the PayPal page, and clicks the browser back button, then will get sent to this "temp" page, and then redirected back to PayPal. So they've gotta click back twice and fast.PHP Code:<?php
//php verify stuff
//I check whether the user is paying via credit-card with 2checkout, or paypal. If paypal, I do the following:
echo '<html>
<head><title>Verifying..</title></head>
<body onload="document.paypal.submit();">
<form name="paypal" method="POST" action="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr">
<input type="hidden" name="cmd" value="'.$cmd.'" />
<input type="hidden" name="amount" value="'.$total.'" />
<input type="hidden" name="item_name" value="'.$item_name.'" />
<input type="hidden" name="item_number" value="'.$user_key.'" />
<input type="hidden" name="business" value="'.$business.'" />
</form>
</body>
</html>';
?>
Also I would guess if they had javascript disabled, then the "onload" behavior would be utterly useless.
Help
I'm not sure this is going to be quite possible, as you would have to force the browser to POST to the PayPal website..
However, after reading http://forums.devshed.com/t15245/s.html, I came across a bright idea -- simply change the nature of your current page to show a "Are these values correct?", after which the user checks over their input, clicks "Yes", and you sneakily POST to the right page (the inner page does the checking you want it do :-), storing hidden results as you currently do).
My name is Steve, and I'm a super-villian.
Pretty crafty, Lieut.
Even though all the serious confirmation gets done on the Paypal page (making it one more page the user has to click through), it gets the job done.
Thanks
Hey guys,
Has anyone come up with anything usefull to achieve this?
I am doing exactly the same thing as Solace D. and have gone through almost all the same hoops. Slightly different method to post the page with JavaScript but basically the same exact thing.
I looped out my posted variables on the transitional page into hidden fields and also include a "continue transaction" submit button just in case.
I went to PHP Builder and looked at some code in the snippet library http://phpbuilder.net/snippet/browse.php?by=cat&cat=9 but still no luck. It probably does the same as the methods discussed here.
I'll still continue but it looks like a confirmation page is the only solution for the moment.
Andrew
Andrew Wasson | www.lunadesign.org
Principal / Internet Development
A little update.
I received a link from a friend just a short while ago that may provide some success.
I'm stepping away from the computer for a while and I'll try a little later, but here it is if someone wants to have another kick at it:
http://www.alt-php-faq.com/local/55
Andrew Wasson | www.lunadesign.org
Principal / Internet Development
I've been pulling my hair out on this one for the last couple of days and have an update that might come in handy in the future.
I managed to get the curls code to work however I was not able to make good use of it and will more than likely use PayPal Instant Payment Notification (IPN) to post back a confirmation of successful sale and customer information so that I can send of a branded "thank you" message.
For what it's worth here is the PHP curl() code that actually worked:
It grabs the posted values and posts them to PayPal. The browser is somewhere between Paypal and your domain so the page shows most of the information however it needs some work.PHP Code:
<?php
iF($_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD'] == "POST"){
$myVariables = 'cs=0'; //Sets page bg color
foreach( $HTTP_POST_VARS as $key=>$value ) {
$myVariables .= "&$key=$value";
}
$myCurl = curl_init();
curl_setopt($myCurl, CURLOPT_URL,"https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr");
curl_setopt($myCurl, CURLOPT_POST, 1);
curl_setopt($myCurl, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, $myVariables);
curl_exec ($myCurl);
curl_close ($myCurl);
} else {
header("Location: index.php");
}
?>
Maybe this will help out someone else in the future.
See ya,
Andrew Wasson | www.lunadesign.org
Principal / Internet Development
have you checked out snoopy , I think it does https with CURL
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