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From: Oscar Vidal <oscarblo_at_gmail.com> Date: Thu, 8 Aug 2013 23:23:16 +0800

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I�m not sure what I can try more. Currently I�m thinking that it can be
related with the cookies that google analytics is creating in the website,
can it make sense?
Thanks!
Oscar
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On 8 August 2013 10:48, Scott Battersby <scott_at_stopthatsnoring.com.au>wrote:
> you have to urlencode POST dataif you use the option "'Content-Type:
> application/x-www-form-urlencoded"
>
> the "-urlencoded" there is a big clue :)
>
> so change > curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, $str_postdata);
>
> to
>
> > curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, urlencode($str_postdata));
>
> Cheers
>
> Scott
>
>
> On 7 August 2013 20:06, Oscar Vidal <oscarblo_at_gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hi Waruna!
> >
> > thanks for you answer.
> >
> > Here is the code that I'm using currently:
> >
> > --------------------------------------------------
> > $cookieFile="/tmp/cookie";
> >
> > $ch = curl_init();
> > curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_COOKIEFILE, $cookieFile);
> > curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_COOKIEJAR, $cookieFile);
> > curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_ENCODING, "gzip");
> > curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, "http://www.some.url/submitSearch.action
> ");
> > curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, array('Content-Type:
> > application/x-www-form-urlencoded'));
> >
> > // The string is exactly the same that the one generated by the browser
> >
> $str_postdata="submissionType=pd&from_Date_Prj=JUN-2013&to_Date_Prj=JUN-2013&__multiselect_projectNameList=&__multiselect_selectedProjects=&propertyType=ac&from_Date=MAY-2013&to_Date=JUN-2013&__multiselect_postalDistrictList=&selectedPostalDistricts=01&selectedPostalDistricts=02&selectedPostalDistricts=03&__multiselect_selectedPostalDistricts=";
> >
> > curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POST, 1);
> > curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, $str_postdata);
> > curl_setopt($ch, CURLINFO_HEADER_OUT, 1);
> > curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_VERBOSE, 1);
> >
> > curl_exec($ch);
> >
> > $info = curl_getinfo($ch, CURLINFO_HEADER_OUT);
> >
> > echo $info;
> >
> > curl_close($ch);
> > --------------------------------------------------
> >
> > The content of $info is
> >
> >
> > POST /submitSearch.action HTTP/1.1
> > Host: www.ura.gov.sg
> > Accept: */*
> > Accept-Encoding: gzip
> > Cookie: BIGipServerpl-prod_iplanet_http_v4=214476992.20480.0000;
> >
> JSESSIONID=vjyWSCpX2G9V1tKpTTHxcZh0t9nTyyqtjC291JrtXJC1vk70m0xm!-1705297486
> > Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded
> > Content-Length: 330
> >
> >
> > Hopefully it can give some clue about why the post to the form is not
> > working.
> > If I can add some other valuable info, please just ask me :)
> >
> > Thanks in advance!!
> > Oscar
> >
> >
> >
> > On 7 August 2013 17:44, Waruna Geekiyanage <waruna.ns_at_gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> submit your PHP/cURL code, so that we can give a clear answer.
> >>
> >> Use following settings to submit POST data
> >>             curl_setopt ($ch, CURLOPT_POST, 1);
> >>             curl_setopt ($ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, $arr_postdata);
> >>
> >> $arr_postdata - field name as key and field data as value
> >>
> >> use following setting for debugging
> >>
> >> curl_setopt($ch, CURLINFO_HEADER_OUT, 1);
> >> $info = curl_getinfo($ch, CURLINFO_HEADER_OUT);
> >>
> >> $info will give the request headers.
> >>
> >> Thank You,
> >> Waruna Geekiyanage
> >>
> >> M: +94 71 4168164
> >> E: waruna.ns_at_gmail.com
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> >>
> >> On 8/7/2013 2:32 PM, Oscar Vidal wrote:
> >>
> >> Hi!
> >>
> >> I'm trying to submit a (java servlet) form using CURL in PHP, but it
> seems
> >> like there is a problem with the parameters. I cant really understand
> why
> >> its happening since I'm testing the CURL with a identical string
> parameters
> >> that is being used by the browser.
> >>
> >> After some research in diverse forums I wasn't able to find a solution
> to
> >> my particular problem.
> >>
> >> this is the POSTFIELDS string generated by the browser (and working):
> >>
> >>
> >>
> submissionType=pd&__multiselect_PostCodeList=&selectedPostCode=01&selectedPostCode=02&selectedPostCode=03&__multiselect_selectedPostCodes=
> >>
> >> and I'm using and identical (for testing) string in the PHP script but
> it
> >> im getting a HTML file as a answers telling "Missing parameters in
> search
> >> query".
> >>
> >> I believe that the form
> >>
> >> __multiselect_PostCodeList=
> >> &selectedPostCode=01
> >> &selectedPostCode=02
> >> &selectedPostCode=03
> >> &__multiselect_selectedPostCodes=
> >>
> >> is quite wired (never see before this) and I'm wondering that it can be
> >> the reason of why the post is not working from CURL.
> >>
> >> The form seems to be successfully submitted since I'm getting this
> header
> >>
> >> HTTP/1.1 200 OK
> >> Date: Wed, 07 Aug 2013 08:02:56 GMT
> >> Content-length: 1791
> >> Content-type: text/html;charset=UTF-8
> >> X-Powered-By: Servlet/2.4 JSP/2.0
> >> Vary: Accept-Encoding
> >> Content-Encoding: gzip
> >> Connection: Keep-Alive
> >>
> >> Note: I tried submitting the same form from Lynx and I'm also getting
> the
> >> same result ("Missing parameters in search query"). So it seems like its
> >> only working with browsers like Mozilla or Chrome.
> >>
> >> Please some help will be really appreciated, I don't have any more ideas
> >> at this point.
> >>
> >> Thanks! Oscar
> >>
> >>
> >>
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