OF course it possible, otherwise it would not be possible to write a web browser in the first instance. ;) Check out the HTTP protocol at www.w3.org, and then start out by making a manual telnet connection to port 80, that should make you familary with the principles. After that it should be fairly easy to automate the procedure with php or whatever (proper) languages you like to use. -----Original Message----- From: Donatas To: php-windows@lists.php.net Sent: 2004-02-02 11:47 Subject: imitating browser Has anyone ever tried to imitate a browser with PHP or seen code snippets that could help? Scenario would be (everything via PHP): -login to the page sending username and password and all other necessary fields via POST -now that the script is "logged in (session started)" we my use a search form to search anything we need by sending POST queries to ex. search page (search doesn't work if you are not logged in) -save those pages (trivial part) I am pretty sure that has to be possible with sockets and things alike. Any help is appreciated! /Donatas -- PHP Windows Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php -- PHP Windows Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
