I execute the php script shown below but I am not able to retrieve the html
page that I want.
The script correctly posts (using GET) the fields to a form, but only
obtains the html frame.

To try and solve my problem, I read a response on the cURL mailing list to a
similar problem,
however using cookies, as the response had suggested, did not solve my
problem.

When I print the handle information ( print_r(curl_getinfo($ch)) ), the
resulting url: [url] =>
http://www.cars.com/search/used/cc/standard/results/multiple/fs_search_resul
ts.jhtml;jsessionid=FA2O1KKWVTKDRLAZGJBJPTY?aff=national

is the correct page that I want to download (I can paste it into a browser
and see that it does
resolve to the page I want). However, I am just obtaining the html frame.

If you have an idea of how I can solve my problem, or can lead me in the
right direction,
I would greatly appreciate it.

Thank you,
Wesley Sgroi

[code]
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<?php
// Download the result of a search at cars.com
// The search is completed by posting (HTTP GET) to their form,
// submitting the form, following redirection, and downloading resulting
page.
// The url it retrieves, based on the 'print_r( curl_getinfo($ch) )' is
correct,
// however, it only download the html frame, and not the page within the
html frame.

$url =
"http://www.cars.com/search/used/cc/standard/process/search.jhtml?mknm=BMW&m
dnm=325&zc=85251&rd=30";

$ch = curl_init(); // initialize curl handle
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_COOKIEJAR, "cook"); //Tried setting cookies based
on
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_COOKIEFILE, "cook"); //a cURL mailing list archive
response.
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, $url); // set url to post to
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_FAILONERROR, 1);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION, 1);// allow redirects
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER,1); // return into a variable
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_TIMEOUT, 10); // times out

$result = curl_exec($ch); // run the whole process

print "<pre>";
print_r(curl_getinfo($ch));
echo "\n\ncURL error number:" .curl_errno($ch);
echo "\n\ncURL error:" . curl_error($ch);
print "</pre>";

curl_close($ch);
echo $result;

?>
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[/code]

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Received on 2003-12-17