[php help] communicating to and from remote server

[Alfalfa]

Hey all

I'm trying to make a php page that will log in to a remote server. I successfully got it to login via just a url (like http://example.com/login?user=NAME&pass=PASS), however, when making it perform a search or some other request I am greeted with a 400 bad request error. Am I supposed to be saving session id or something? I was just resending a request I previously made.

Also to test this locally should I use xamp or wamp? My host's php config doesn't allow remote connections.

Thanks.

[ProbablyEngine]

You're gonna need cURL

PHP: cURL - Manual

$url = 'http://example.com/search.php';

$fields = array(
    'terms' => 'something to search for',
);

$ch = curl_init();

curl_setopt($ch,CURLOPT_URL, $url);
curl_setopt($ch,CURLOPT_POST, count($fields));
curl_setopt($ch,CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, $fields);

$result = curl_exec($ch);

curl_close($ch); 

[Alfalfa]

You're gonna need cURL

PHP: cURL - Manual

$url = 'http://example.com/search.php';

$fields = array(
    'terms' => 'something to search for',
);

$ch = curl_init();

curl_setopt($ch,CURLOPT_URL, $url);
curl_setopt($ch,CURLOPT_POST, count($fields));
curl_setopt($ch,CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, $fields);

$result = curl_exec($ch);

curl_close($ch); 

Ah thank you