using php curl to pass variables to another site

Question

I saw the following code on another post...

<?php
  $ch = curl_init(); // create curl handle

  $url = "http://www.google.com";
  /**
   * For https, there are more options that you must define, these you can get from php.net 
   */
  curl_setopt($ch,CURLOPT_URL,$url);
  curl_setopt($ch,CURLOPT_POST, true);
  curl_setopt($ch,CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, http_build_query(['array_of_your_post_data']));
  curl_setopt($ch,CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
  curl_setopt($ch,CURLOPT_CONNECTTIMEOUT ,3); //timeout in seconds
  curl_setopt($ch,CURLOPT_TIMEOUT, 20); // same for here. Timeout in seconds.
  $response = curl_exec($ch);

  curl_close ($ch); //close curl handle

  echo $response;
?>

The only thing is I have no clue how to actually implement it or how it will work.

Here is what I am trying to do...

sitea.com/setup is setting php variables. If you visited that page, it would set $var1 = "hello" $var2="hi"

If someone visits siteb.com, I want to use php and somehow get those variables from sitea.com/setup to siteb.com and set them as new php variables. I'm assuming curl is the best option from what I've read, but can't figure out how to get it to work (or where to put it and how to call it) for that matter.

I'm experimenting with code trying to see how to do something for an upcoming project. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

I should note that I need this to be able to work from one domain on server1 to another domain on server2.

sitea should return string or json or what ever. You put it in $response and do what you want. — u_mulder
– u_mulder, Commented Oct 5, 2016 at 15:31
I've never done anything like this before..so I understand in theory but have no clue how to implement it. Was hoping to get some help with that. — KDJ
– KDJ, Commented Oct 5, 2016 at 15:32

u_mulder · Accepted Answer · 2016-10-05 15:44:22Z

1

In a simple way it can be done like:

Site a: file.php

<?php
$a = 10;
$b = 20;
echo $a . ':' . $b;
?>

Site b: curl.php

<?php
  $ch = curl_init(); // create curl handle

  $url = "http://sitea/file.php";
  /**
   * For https, there are more options that you must define, these you can get from php.net 
   */
  curl_setopt($ch,CURLOPT_URL,$url);
  curl_setopt($ch,CURLOPT_POST, true);
  curl_setopt($ch,CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, http_build_query(['array_of_your_post_data']));
  curl_setopt($ch,CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
  curl_setopt($ch,CURLOPT_CONNECTTIMEOUT ,3); //timeout in seconds
  curl_setopt($ch,CURLOPT_TIMEOUT, 20); // same for here. Timeout in seconds.
  $response = curl_exec($ch);

  curl_close ($ch); //close curl handle

  echo $response;
  $parts = explode(':', $response);
  $var1 = $parts[0];
  $var2 = $parts[1];
?>

answered Oct 5, 2016 at 15:44

u_mulder

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2 Comments

KDJ Over a year ago

okay got that to work. Is there a way to do it without echoing out the variables on site a?

u_mulder Over a year ago

Something must be echoed anyway, otherwise there will be NO response from file.php and $response will be empty.

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