PHP Script not able to make Http request

Question

I have writtten this script in php to make a http request to http://ubaid.tk/sms/sms.aspx

Here's the script-

    <?php
$connection_url = sprintf('http://ubaid.tk/sms/sms.aspx?uid=8149744569&pwd=passmsg=%s&phone=%s&provider=way2sms', $_REQUEST['message'], $_REQUEST['mobileno.']);
$ch = curl_init($connection_url);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POST, 1); 
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER,1); // Return the result
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_COOKIEJAR, '/tmp/cookies.txt');
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_COOKIEFILE, '/tmp/cookies.txt');
$data = curl_exec($ch); // Run the request
// Display the result    
echo "<pre>";
print_r($data); /* result of SMS API call*/
echo '</pre>';
?>

And I need this script to send a http request as http://ubaid.tk/sms/sms.aspx/uid=814974&pwd=pass&msg=$_REQUEST['message']&phone=$_REQUEST['mobileno.']&provider=way2sms

The variables replaced and get back the response which the request gets and print it as it is. I have modified this script along with the code because I m still not able to get the correct output with it.

I need to convert it to POST request what more modifications do I need to do?

At first: you have POST method not GET. So the request will send to http://example/sms/sms.aspx without any params! At second: use sprintf() for creating string with vars inside, or enclosure variable with {} — azat
– azat, Commented Nov 11, 2011 at 12:10
TIP: write curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_NOPROGRESS, true); to debug — xkeshav
– xkeshav, Commented Nov 11, 2011 at 12:13

Lars · Accepted Answer · 2011-11-11 14:59:28Z

2

This should do the trick... but you should also add in some sanitization on your inputs to help protect against the possibility of injection (this is an entirely different discussion).

Sending Via GET

<?php
$connection_url = sprintf('http://example/sms/sms.aspx?uid=814974&pwd=pass&msg=%s&phone=%s&provider=way2sms', $_REQUEST['message'], $_REQUEST['mobileno.']);
$ch = curl_init($connection_url);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPGET, 1); // Make sure GET method it used
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER,1); // Return the result
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_COOKIEJAR, '/tmp/cookies.txt');
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_COOKIEFILE, '/tmp/cookies.txt');
$data = curl_exec($ch); // Run the request
// Display the result    
echo "<pre>";
print_r($data); /* result of SMS API call*/
echo '</pre>';
?>

Sending Via POST

<?php
// Setup Connection URL
$connection_url = sprintf('http://example/sms/sms.aspx');
// Setup Post Variables
$post_vars = sprintf('uid=814974&pwd=pass&msg=%s&phone=%s&provider=way2sms', $_REQUEST['message'], $_REQUEST['mobileno.']);
$ch = curl_init($connection_url);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POST, 1); // Make sure POST method it used
curl_setopt($ch,CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, $post_vars); // Attach post variables
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER,1); // Return the result
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_COOKIEJAR, '/tmp/cookies.txt');
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_COOKIEFILE, '/tmp/cookies.txt');
$data = curl_exec($ch); // Run the request
// Display the result    
echo "<pre>";
print_r($data); /* result of SMS API call*/
echo '</pre>';
?>

edited Nov 11, 2011 at 14:59

answered Nov 11, 2011 at 13:46

Lars

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4 Comments

Viren Rajput Over a year ago

Do I need to do something to handle the cookies

Lars Over a year ago

CURLOPT_COOKIEJAR CURLOPT_COOKIEFILE are used for this. Example(curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_COOKIEJAR, '/tmp/cookies.txt'); & curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_COOKIEFILE, '/tmp/cookies.txt');) This should save the cookies into a file. Reference Article is electrictoolbox.com/php-curl-cookies

Viren Rajput Over a year ago

Hey Lars am not able to get the correct result using GET is it possible to do it with POST request?

Viren Rajput Over a year ago

I don't know why the POST method is still returing the wrong result! The request is'int being sent in the correct format using POST. I want the request to be sent in ubaid.tk/sms/… But somethings going wrong with it!

Gustav Bertram · Accepted Answer · 2011-11-11 13:43:57Z

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You were not escaping the string properly:

curl_setopt($ch,CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS,"uid=814974&pwd=pass&msg=".$_REQUEST['message']."&phone=".$_REQUEST['mobileno.']."&provider=way2sms");

answered Nov 11, 2011 at 13:43

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