make a php page load another php script server to server communication

Question

I've tried looking for a solution to this issue for a few days now and am getting quite confused.

Aim:

To have a PHP server ("Server A") communicate directly to another PHP server ("Server B") when Server A is visited by user. It then sends a query string to Server B to add in to Server B's database.

Full story:

A visitor will visit Server A and register to their website, as part of their registration Server A will write to Server A's database with all the visitors information. At this point I'd like Server A to load a .php file on Server B and send a query string with it, for example: http://example.com/api/add.php?name=Craig&age=21&key=32r932r9832yr813hr813rh1389ry13r7y31r. Server B, having a PHP file requested from it, will take the variables and run the script on add.php (take the variables and add it to it's database).

Important note: I don't want the client machine to know this, initially I wanted to use JQUERY but realised this sends the request from the client machine and not the server directly.

What is the best way to do this?

Many thanks in advance!

Craig

What you need is a webservice, which can be implemented via protocols like REST or SOAP. Or just call a script via cURL, as @jeremyharris suggested. — feeela
– feeela, Commented Jun 13, 2012 at 16:54
I had looked at cURL but didn't understand it... how would I load a URL with a query string using it? — Craig
– Craig, Commented Jun 13, 2012 at 20:28

jimp · Accepted Answer · 2012-09-30 04:37:17Z

1

Learn cURL. Here is an example to get you started:

<?php

$ch = curl_init('http://example.com/api/add.php?name=Craig&age=21&key=32r932r9832yr813hr813rh1389ry13r7y31r');
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HEADER, 0);

$response = curl_exec($ch);

curl_close($ch);

?>

answered Sep 30, 2012 at 4:37

jimp

17.6k3 gold badges30 silver badges39 bronze badges

Sign up to request clarification or add additional context in comments.

Collectives™ on Stack Overflow

make a php page load another php script server to server communication

1 Answer 1

Comments

Hot Network Questions

Collectives™ on Stack Overflow

1 Answer 1

Comments

Related