Yes, that's my understanding. PHP can't fill those inputs because PHP is
running on the webserver but the inputs are inside the browser. PHP can't
reach them.

On Tuesday, 4 November 2014, Mladen Jovic <mladen.jovic_at_hotmail.com> wrote:

> So if i understand there is no easy way to fill up those inputs throught
> php even if i fill up manually CAPTCHA? :(
>
> > From: scott_at_stopthatsnoring.com.au
> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','scott_at_stopthatsnoring.com.au');>
> > Date: Tue, 4 Nov 2014 19:01:10 +1030
> > Subject: Re: help with cURL + PHP
> > To: curl-and-php_at_cool.haxx.se
> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','curl-and-php_at_cool.haxx.se');>
> >
> > I think the problem is more fundamental. cURL isn't useful for
> > filling in forms. What cURL could do for you is to simulate sending
> > ("POSTing") a completed form to the form target... ie simulate what
> > happens after a human fills in the fields and then clicks the "Isci"
> > button. You can read about the POST process here... it's a
> > fundamental part of the internet :
> > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/POST_(HTTP)
> >
> > So, can we do this with cURL in your application? Turns out to be
> > pretty hard... it's not just a "normal" POST.
> >
> > If you examine the page source at
> > https://raz.zav-zdruzenje.si/infocenter/Search.aspx you'll see that
> > clicking the Isci button runs some javascript.... so you could dig
> > into that javascript and see how it works, then simulate THAT with
> > cURL. The javascript most likely carries out a POST, and probably
> > some other processing... so you'd have to simulate the other
> > processing in PHP and then do the POST with cURL. Of course you'd
> > also need to get the captcha solved somehow... perhaps with a service
> > like http://www.deathbycaptcha.com/
> >
> > An alternative approach, if you are happy to solve the captcha
> > yourself and just want to save time filling in the other fields is to
> > use a windows machine and control Internet Explorer through vb or vba.
> > Here's a rough example to get you started :
> > http://www.excely.com/excel-vba/ie-automation.shtml
> >
> > Good luck :)
> >
> > Scott
>
>

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