tedd <tedd.sperling@xxxxxxxxx> wrote on 10/04/2009 08:51:13 AM: > a trivial little function (PostToHost) > > tedd > > to: > > php-general > > 10/04/2009 09:05 AM > > Hi gang: > > The following 'trivial little' function I'm trying to get my head around: > > http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Mail/Message/php-general/1259426 > > The article states: > > Either way, just generate your XML string and fire it at the remote > machine. You will need to write code to handle the response, obviously. > > Okay, so how does one handle the response? I understand that one > should have the script at host A sending data to host B, but I can't > seem to get it to work. Does anyone have an example that works? > > My confusion here -- is the data sent by the function at host A > accessible by host B via a POST, or does it write to a writable file, > or what? > > Any help would be appreciated. > > Cheers, > > tedd Yes, this is just a standard HTTP POST, just like what a browser does when you click a submit button. So, there needs to be a script that handles a standard POST on server B. It will send whatever response it is designed to. Just think of server A as a browser submitting a form and server B is you writing a PHP script to handle the form submission :) Typically, I write the "fgets" line a little differently. Instead of: while(!feof($fp)) { echo fgets($fp, 128); } I use: $response = ''; while(!feof($fp)) { $response .= fgets($fp, 128); } // parse the response and do something Kirk
