Comments on: How do I POST a file using php?

Question: How do I POST a file using php?

Pasa la bola chetu — Mon, 11 Dec 2006 15:34:54 -0800

How do I POST a file using php? Not POSTing to a PHP script but using php to read a file from the file system and POSTing it to another site. The site I am working on doesnt have cURL but fsockopen is available.

By: chrisroberts

chrisroberts — Mon, 11 Dec 2006 15:40:22 -0800

Take a look here.

By: Pasa la bola chetu

Pasa la bola chetu — Mon, 11 Dec 2006 15:51:54 -0800

thnx, did see that. I was looking for POSTing a form using 'multipart/form-data' so I can submit files, has anyone else done this? Dont want to redo the wheel.

Also, how about both a POST and a GET, as in

<form action='/formProcessos.php?argv=1' >
<hidden name='field1' value='value1' />
</form>

I see on the server side that such a form would make the form values available under $_GET and $_POST respectively.

thanks

By: migurski

migurski — Mon, 11 Dec 2006 16:43:29 -0800

Two things: Make sure your HTML form contains the crucal enctype="multipart/form-data" attribute, and then use the $_FILES superglobal to access the uploaded file data. All of this is explained in the fine manual.

By: scottreynen

scottreynen — Mon, 11 Dec 2006 17:41:06 -0800

"Snoopy is a PHP class that simulates a web browser. It automates the task of retrieving web page content and posting forms, for example."

Snoopy can do this for you.

By: david1230

david1230 — Mon, 11 Dec 2006 17:47:39 -0800

I've never coded this sort of thing in php before, but quick google for "php httpclient" gave me this.