CURL Class

Dan · 11-12-2006, 12:41 PM

http://www.ruuma.com/s/class.curl.phps

????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/code/257265-curl-class.html

Code:

Usage

Include this script from a different file.
  include('class.curl.php');

Set the referrer:
  $curl->set_referrer('http://google.com');

Set the user agent:
  (for firefox 2.0 on windows xp)
  $curl->set_user_agent('Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8.1) Gecko/20061010 Firefox/2.0');

Set the error message:
  $curl->set_error_message('An error occured.');

Get request:
  $data = $curl->get('http://site.com/file.php?var=value&var2=value');

Post request:
  $curl->post('http://site.com/file.php', 'var=value&var2=value');

Using an array for post variables:
  $postvalues = array("var"  => "value",
                      "var2" => "value");
  $curl->post_array('http://site.com/file.php', $postvalues);

Rep is appreciated.

IAmAllanShore · 11-20-2006, 12:33 PM

Gotta be honest - I don't know what it does...

Any help for an ignorant fart?

-Allan

Dan · 11-20-2006, 04:04 PM

It can download or send information to/from other pages.

To login to a form that had:
action="http://site.com/login.php" method="post"
and the fields username and password, you would do:
$curl->post('http://site.com/login.php', 'username=yourusername&password=yourpassword');

Also, some hosts don't allow you to use file_get_contents or fopen, so this is a way to get around that.

Jim_ · 11-20-2006, 05:40 PM

How is this better than just using the curl functions themselves?

Next time, use raw sockets.

Dan · 11-20-2006, 06:57 PM

The point is to make it very easy to use curl. You can use $curl->get('url'); instead of the 10 or so lines it would take to do it without the functions. It's a lot easier to set the referrer and the other options with $curl->set_referrer('url'); rather than curl_setopt($this->ch, CURLOPT_REFERER, $referrer_url);

IAmAllanShore · 11-20-2006, 07:38 PM

I love you guys

It's like watching an old KungFu movie where I don't know the language, but they're still speaking English

Dan, still don't get what it does, but that's a failing on my part, not yours. Best to you, and I can tell that you're light-years ahead of me on the code

-Allan

Jim_ · 11-20-2006, 07:44 PM

Basicly, it allows you to make GET and POST requests to other web pages and get the result.

Example usage: you could make a script that POST's a username and password to a login page somewhere, and return the resulting page.

kwan · 11-20-2006, 09:44 PM

Nice, but I use phpclasses.org for this stuff

beaver6813 · 11-21-2006, 09:52 AM

Thanks Dan, cool script

Could be very useful for login scripts and proxy sites etc ^^ Submit it to phpclasses.org to get some more viewers

Kadenz · 11-21-2006, 11:56 AM

Thanks Dan the Man!
I can do this with CURL any day, but this can sure help out some people new to PHP.

-NB- · 11-22-2006, 01:15 AM

Nice contribution. I am experienced with PHP, and I can tell you that this will definitely help when I use cURL. It gets to be a pain redefining it all, so this will really condense the code.

Definite +rep!!

Nick

11-20-2006, 12:33 PM	#2 (permalink)
IAmAllanShore NamePros Expert Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Esse quam videri Posts: 8,332	Gotta be honest - I don't know what it does... Any help for an ignorant fart? -Allan __________________ Something Witty This Way Comes...

11-20-2006, 05:40 PM	#4 (permalink)
Jim_ NamePros Regular Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: NY, USA Posts: 610	How is this better than just using the curl functions themselves? Next time, use raw sockets. __________________ ask me about the internet

11-20-2006, 07:38 PM	#6 (permalink)
IAmAllanShore NamePros Expert Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Esse quam videri Posts: 8,332	I love you guys It's like watching an old KungFu movie where I don't know the language, but they're still speaking English Dan, still don't get what it does, but that's a failing on my part, not yours. Best to you, and I can tell that you're light-years ahead of me on the code -Allan __________________ Something Witty This Way Comes...

11-20-2006, 07:44 PM	#7 (permalink)
Jim_ NamePros Regular Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: NY, USA Posts: 610	Basicly, it allows you to make GET and POST requests to other web pages and get the result. Example usage: you could make a script that POST's a username and password to a login page somewhere, and return the resulting page. __________________ ask me about the internet

11-21-2006, 09:52 AM	#9 (permalink)
beaver6813 NamePros Regular Join Date: May 2005 Location: England Posts: 392 Follow @beaver6813	Thanks Dan, cool script Could be very useful for login scripts and proxy sites etc ^^ Submit it to phpclasses.org to get some more viewers __________________ -Beaver6813.com - Web Developer Extraordinaire!

11-20-2006, 04:04 PM	THREAD STARTER #3 (permalink)
Dan Buy my domains. Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 2,796	It can download or send information to/from other pages. To login to a form that had: action="http://site.com/login.php" method="post" and the fields username and password, you would do: $curl->post('http://site.com/login.php', 'username=yourusername&password=yourpassword'); Also, some hosts don't allow you to use file_get_contents or fopen, so this is a way to get around that.

11-20-2006, 06:57 PM	THREAD STARTER #5 (permalink)
Dan Buy my domains. Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 2,796	The point is to make it very easy to use curl. You can use $curl->get('url'); instead of the 10 or so lines it would take to do it without the functions. It's a lot easier to set the referrer and the other options with $curl->set_referrer('url'); rather than curl_setopt($this->ch, CURLOPT_REFERER, $referrer_url);

11-20-2006, 09:44 PM	#8 (permalink)
kwan NamePros Regular Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Netherlands Posts: 370	Nice, but I use phpclasses.org for this stuff

11-21-2006, 11:56 AM	#10 (permalink)
Kadenz Resistance is Futile Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Montreal, Canada Posts: 1,094 Follow @MitchKadenz	Thanks Dan the Man! I can do this with CURL any day, but this can sure help out some people new to PHP. __________________ Freelance Web Developer PHP, MySQL, XHTML, CSS, Javascript, jQuery, Wordpress Portfolio: www.bundy.ca

11-22-2006, 01:15 AM	#11 (permalink)
-NB- Formerly Array Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: San Diego, CA Posts: 228	Nice contribution. I am experienced with PHP, and I can tell you that this will definitely help when I use cURL. It gets to be a pain redefining it all, so this will really condense the code. Definite +rep!! Nick

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