form action ="?" ... where is my form posting to?

verbatim · 05-22-2005, 03:15 AM

I am trying to submit a form automatically with a cURL script i have configured, but i dont know what my CURLOPT_URL should be?

I dont know where the action page is because the only thing there is a '?'.

PHP Code:



<"form action="?" method="POST">

Is anyone familiar with this type of thing?

In the attempt to find where the variables are posted to, i have looked in other pages downloaded with the software for a list of the variables. No Luck, i only found one page that makes them into an array:

PHP Code:



    $res = array(); 
    $res['database'] = 
             array('title'       => INSTALL_CAT_DB, 
                   'description' => INSTALL_CAT_DB_DESC, 
                   'items' => array(array('var'         => 'dbType', 
                                          'title'       => INSTALL_DBTYPE, 
                                          'description' => INSTALL_DBTYPE_DESC, 
                                          'type'        => 'list', 
                                          'default'     => 'mysql', 
                                          'flags'       => array('nosave', 'simpleInstall', 'probeDefault')), 
 
                                    array('var'         => 'dbHost', 
                                          'title'       => INSTALL_DBHOST, 
                                          'description' => INSTALL_DBHOST_DESC, 
                                          'type'        => 'string', 
                                          'default'     => 'localhost', 
                                          'flags'       => array('nosave', 'simpleInstall')), 
 
                                    array('var'         => 'dbUser', 
                                          'title'       => INSTALL_DBUSER, 
                                          'description' => INSTALL_DBUSER_DESC, 
                                          'type'        => 'string', 
                                          'default'     => 'mem', 
                                          'flags'       => array('nosave', 'simpleInstall')), 
 
                                    array('var'         => 'dbPass', 
                                          'title'       => INSTALL_DBPASS, 
                                          'description' => INSTALL_DBPASS_DESC, 
                                          'type'        => 'protected', 
                                          'default'     => '', 
                                          'flags'       => array('nosave', 'hideValue', 'simpleInstall')),

any idea where they variables [dbType, dbName etc] are posted to so i can set the CURLOPT_URL ?

acid_kewpie · 05-22-2005, 04:41 AM

if no page is specified, the same page is the target. the "?" there is as in "something.html?var1=abc&var2=xyz" and won't have any effect as there are no params. the whole tag could just not be there.

verbatim · 05-23-2005, 06:55 PM

thanks, knowing that the "?" means the php script action is back to the same script/page.

I would think this would solve my puzzle, it does not.

The puzzle: try to submit info to a form using cURL.

The puzzle variables:

1. the url of the form: www.mysite.com/userz/mel/sy_admin.php?sy[step]=2b

2. actual code of the page:

[php]
<?php
require_once 'sy/sy_admin.php';
?>

note: sy/sy_admin.php is in my home directory. /home/sy/sy_admin.php

3. critical code of sy/sy_admin.php : [i think, may not be important]

PHP Code:



<?php 
include('sy_config.inc.php'); 
 
if (IS_installed === false) { 
    require_once(S9Y_INCLUDE_PATH . 'include/functions_installer.inc.php'); 
    require_once S9Y_INCLUDE_PATH . 'include/functions_config.inc.php'; 
    $css_file = 'sy.css.php?sy[css_mode]=sy_admin.css'; 
} else { 
    $css_file = sy_rewriteURL('sy_admin.css'); 
} 
<html> 
    <head> 
        <title><?php echo sy_ADMIN_SUITE; ?></title> 
        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=<?php echo LANG_CHARSET; ?>" /> 
        <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="<?php echo $css_file; ?>" /> 
        <script type="text/javascript"> 
        function spawn() { 
            if (self.Spawnextended) { 
                Spawnextended(); 
            } 
 
            if (self.Spawnbody) { 
                Spawnbody(); 
            } 
 
            if (self.Spawnnugget) { 
                Spawnnugget(); 
            } 
        } 
         
        function SetCookie(name, value) { 
            var today  = new Date(); 
            var expire = new Date(); 
            expire.setTime(today.getTime() + (60*60*24*30)); 
            document.cookie = 'sy[' + name + ']='+escape(value) + ';expires=' + expire.toGMTString(); 
        } 
        </script> 
    </head> 
    <body id="sy_admin_page" onload="spawn()">    
 
<?php 
if (!isset($sy['syPath']) || IS_installed === false || IS_up2date === false ) { 
    if (IS_installed === false) { 
        $file = 'include/admin/installer.inc.php'; 
    } elseif ( IS_up2date === false ) { 
        $file = 'include/admin/upgrader.inc.php'; 
    } else { 
        $file = ''; // For register_global, safety 
    } 
?> 
?>

Now one of the functions in installer.inc.php is to print the form template.

This may all be irrelevant in what i am trying to do, if so please let me know.

My current curl attempt is:

PHP Code:



<?php 
 
 $my_data = array(  
'dbType' => 'mysql', 
  'dbHost' => 'localhost', 
  'dbUser' => 'mem', 
  'dbPass' => 'letmein', 
  'dbName' => 'mem_com_-_sy', 
  'dbPrefix' => 'mel_', 
  'dbPersistent' => 'false', 
  'syPath' => '/var/www/html/userz/mel/', 
  'uploadPath' => 'uploads/', 
  'syHTTPPath' => '/userz/mel/', 
  'templatePath' => 'templates/', 
  'uploadHTTPPath' => 'uploads/', 
  'baseURL' => 'http://www.mysite.com/userz/mel/', 
  'autodetect_baseURL' => 'false',  //dont know if true should have quotes around it it doesnt in config file 
  'indexFile' => 'index.php', 
  'user' => 'mel', 
  'pass' => 'thanks', 
  'realname' => 'mel',  //should get from signup p h p 
  'email' => 'michael@hotmail.com',  //should get from signup p h p 
  'want_mail' => 'true',  //dont know if true should have quotes around it it doesnt in config file 
  'allowSubscriptions' => 'true',  //dont know if true should have quotes around it it doesnt in config file 
  'blogTitle' => 'John Does personal blog', 
  'blogDescription' => 'My little place on the web...', 
  'lang' => '',  //dont know if true should have quotes around it it doesnt in config file 
  'lang_content_negotiation' => 'false',  //dont know if true should have quotes around it it doesnt in config file 
  'fetchLimit' => '15',  //dont know if true should have quotes around it it doesnt in config file 
  'useGzip' => 'true',  //dont know if true should have quotes around it it doesnt in config file 
  'wysiwyg' => 'false',  //dont know if true should have quotes around it it doesnt in config file 
  'XHTML11' => 'false',  //dont know if true should have quotes around it it doesnt in config file 
  'enablePopup' => 'false',  //dont know if true should have quotes around it it doesnt in config file 
  'embed' => 'false', 
  'top_as_links' => 'false',   //dont know if true should have quotes around it it doesnt in config file 
  'blockReferer' => ',', 
  'rewrite' => 'array()',  //dont know if true should have quotes around it it doesnt in config file 
  'serverOffsetHours' => '0',  //dont know if true should have quotes around it it doesnt in config file 
  'showFutureEntries' => 'false',  //dont know if true should have quotes around it it doesnt in config file 
  'magick' => 'false',  //dont know if true should have quotes around it it doesnt in config file 
  'convert' => '/usr/local/bin/convert', 
  'thumbSuffix' => 'syThumb', 
  'thumbSize' => '110',  //dont know if true should have quotes around it it doesnt in config file 
                ); 
                
//    This section constructs the field/value pairs of the form 
//    field1=value1&field2=value2&field3=value3 
$data_string = ''; 
$add_ampersand = FALSE; 
foreach ($my_data as $key => $value) 
{ 
    if ($add_ampersand) 
    { 
               
        $data_string .= '&'; 
    } 
    $data_string .= $key . '=' . $value; 
    $add_ampersand = TRUE; 
} 
 
//    Get a CURL handle 
$curl_handle = curl_init (); 
 
curl_setopt($curl_handle, CURLOPT_URL, 'http://www.mysite.com/userz/mel/sy_admin.php?sy[step]=2b'); 
 
curl_setopt($curl_handle, CURLOPT_USERAGENT, 'Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1; SV1; .NET CLR 1.1.4322)'); 
curl_setopt ($curl_handle, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1); 
curl_setopt($curl_handle, CURLOPT_HEADER, 1); 
$result=curl_exec ($curl_handle); 
curl_close ($curl_handle); 
 
preg_match_all("/Set\-Cookie\:.*?\;/", $result, $matches); 
$cookiejar = ""; 
foreach ($matches[0] as $cookie) { 
$cookiejar .= str_replace("Set-Cookie: ", "", $cookie).' '; 
} 
 
preg_match("/Location\:.*?\n/", $result, $matches); 
$nexturl = str_replace("\r", "", str_replace("\n", "", str_replace("Location: ", "", $matches[0]))); 
 
// the 3 lines below were jst 4 test purposes to make sure the variables were getting set 
print $cookie;    // ex result: Set-Cookie: PHPSESSID=dcd730a95f8b428f7dbd9fc1e6687d1a 
print $nexturl;   // < got no result 
print $cookiejar; // ex result PHPSESSID=dcd730a95f8b428f7dbd9fc1e6687d1a 
 
 
//    Get a CURL handle 
$curl_handle = curl_init (); 
curl_setopt($curl_handle, CURLOPT_URL, $nexturl); 
curl_setopt($curl_handle, CURLOPT_USERAGENT, 'Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1; SV1; .NET CLR 1.1.4322)'); 
curl_setopt($curl_handle, CURLOPT_REFERER, 'http://www.mysite.com/userz/mel/sy_admin.php?sy[step]=2b?');   
curl_setopt($curl_handle, CURLOPT_COOKIE, $cookiejar); 
curl_setopt ($curl_handle, CURLOPT_POST, 1); 
curl_setopt ($curl_handle, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, $data_string); 
curl_setopt($curl_handle, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1); 
curl_setopt($curl_handle, CURLOPT_HEADER, 1); 
curl_setopt($curl_handle, CURLOPT_TIMEOUT, 300); 
$result=curl_exec ($curl_handle); 
curl_close ($curl_handle); 
 
//    Process the return 
print $result; 
?>

I notice that the initial form page is: http://www.mysite.com/userz/mel/sy_admin.php?sy[step]=2b
and after filling out the form the normal way