PHP cURL form field values always empty
PHP cURL form field values always empty
I tried to access sslforfree.com using PHP cURL but the response form field values are always empty. Here's my codes:
$currUserAgent = $_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT'];
define('USERNAME', 'roberts');
define('PASSWORD', 'mypass101');
define('USER_AGENT', $currUserAgent);
define('CERT', getcwd() . "/cert/cacert.pem");
define('COOKIE_FILE', 'cookie.txt');
$url = "https://www.sslforfree.com/login";
$postValues = array(
'email' => USERNAME,
'password' => PASSWORD,
'a' => 'login'
);
$ch = curl_init();
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, $url);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POST, 1);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, $postValues);
$response = curl_exec($ch);
//Check for errors!
if(curl_errno($ch))
throw new Exception("cURL Error: ".curl_error($ch));
return $response;
return $result;
$response
use
return $result instead of return $response– adkstar
Aug 22 at 8:25
return $result
return $response
no need to use
http_build_query(). The option supports array as the 3rd parameter. Missing CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER option as well. Please read the official PHP documentation.– Raptor
Aug 22 at 9:13
http_build_query()
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER
Sorry guys I forgot to change the variable but anyway this codes still not passing the values to the form.
– Robert Roberts
Aug 22 at 9:50
Raptor - Even if I remove the http_build_query(), still not passing the values of $postValues
– Robert Roberts
Aug 22 at 9:52
1 Answer
1
use return $result instead of return $response
b/c when you execute $result = curl_exec($sth) the result of curl execution will be stored in $result variable
return $result
return $response
$result = curl_exec($sth)
$result
also, you may need to addcurl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1);
in case curl is directly outputting the response rather than storing it in the variable.
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1);
Atleast add an explanation as to why he should use
return $result.– Lewis Browne
Aug 22 at 8:26
return $result
explanation added
– adkstar
Aug 22 at 8:28
Thats better, Spoonfeeding people the answer is good but they will never learn. Telling people how to find the answer for themselves is much better.
– Lewis Browne
Aug 22 at 8:30
yeah. totally agree with you
– adkstar
Aug 22 at 8:31
Sorry guys I forgot to change the variable but anyway this codes still not passing the values to the form.
– Robert Roberts
Aug 22 at 9:51
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Try changing the last line to
return $result;. You don't have a variable named$responseas far as I can see.– Stuart Wagner
Aug 22 at 8:22