POST form data as well as email

[zippy]

I need to submit a form to worldpay who require that a hidden field is included which contains a secure*code.

Can formmail be modified to add a data pair (field name and secure code) and POST the form results*to a url? i.e. imitate the form action POST in a form.* I'd also like to email the results as well.

The url that normally goes in the formaction is in the format *https://worldpay/xxxxxxxxx

Seeing that formmail can forward data to a file on a web server I'm hopeful you can help.

If so, who could/would do it? Do youn have some code I can work from?

Having tested formmail - which has some excellent features (especially the email masking!)- I'm going to use it instead of the usual formmail.cgi that I've used up to now.

Thanks in advance

zippy

[russellr]

Hi Zippy,

There are two issues here:

1. Can your web server's PHP installation send to a HTTPS? [/*]
2. Can we change FormMail to add this new feature?[/*]

The answer to #2 is: yes.* It will take a few days to get it done.

To find*the answer to #1, use the following script on your server:

<?php phpinfo(); ?>*

If your PHP version is 4.3.0 or later, look for the "Configure Command" section.

If it says somewhere "--with-openssl", then you can open https URLS with PHP. Here's a script you can run to test with our secure server:

<?php
$fp = fopen("https://secure31.vosn.net/~tectite","r") || die("open failed");
echo "Open OK";
?>

If not, then you'll need to get your hosting provider to reconfigure PHP for you or contact worldpay for a different solution.

[zippy]

thanks for your prompt reply.

1 - php version is 4.1.2

2 - response to the php code is:

"Warning: fopen("https://secure31.vosn.net/~tectite", "r") - No such file or directory in /home/tonylovett/public_html/scripts/test2.php on line 2 open failed"

so I will need to speak to my ISP.

From your comments it sounds as though you are adding this function anyway - am I correct?If so. and if the ISP will*re-configure php, when do you think I will be able to implement it?

Thanks

[russellr]

Hi Zippy,

It should be ready in the next couple of days.

Please let me know your hosting provider's response.

*

[zippy]

I have emailed their tech support.

Given the older version of php and my lack of knowledge of php, is the configuration change that the ISP has to make done via a control panel of some sort or does it require a re-compile?* In short, what are the chances of getting them to make the change?

Cheers

[russellr]

Hi Zippy,

Given the older version of php and my lack of knowledge of php, is the configuration change that the ISP has to make done via a control panel of some sort or does it require a re-compile? In short, what are the chances of getting them to make the change?

It's a recompile of PHP: I'd say your chances are small.

I've been thinking about your problem, and we actually have a solution on our drawing board: a filter program for FormMail which performs the SSL connection (i.e. HTTPS) on behalf of FormMail.

What server type do you have?* Linux, FreeBSD, or Windows?

We can produce*a Linux version faster than any of the others.

One other issue: the filter programs we'll be publishing for FormMail are not free of charge.* There's a small cost involved (< US$20).

Let me know if you're happy to go this way, and we'll increase the priority of this solution.

Also, please let me know what timeframe you require (days, weeks, etc.)

*

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[zippy]

The web site won't be operational for a week or*two but the need to get the core process working is this week.
$20 is not an issue.
*
Operating system
RedHat linux 7.3
Web server
Apache 1.3.27
Scripting language
PHP 4.1.2
Scripting language
SunONE ASP 3.6.2
CGI Scripting language
Perl 5.6.1
Database server
MySQL 3.23.56
Mail server
Exim 3.36

[russellr]

Hi Zippy,

The shortest time it would take us to complete the filter program is two weeks (it's a C/C++ program that requires the SSL*library).

The quickest solution is for your hosting provider to upgrade the PHP configuration.* The change to FormMail to support the HTTP POST will take about 1 day.

[zippy]

Let's see what our ISP comes up with.

What do you mean by a 'filter'?

Whatever the solution is I'll need to test it - how easy/hard would it be for me to install php on my local NT server that runs IIS and perl?

[russellr]

Hi Zippy,

It should be pretty simple.* Here's the web page that will get you started:

http://www.php.net/manual/en/install.windows.php

By "filter" we mean a program that is designed to process the data from FormMail before that data is emailed to you.

Typically, we use a encryption program:

FORM -> FORMMAIL -> EMAIL
***********^
***********|
********** v
********ENCRYPT

The ENCRYPT program is a "filter".* FormMail allows you to plug in any filter program you want, and so we're suggesting a filter program that happens to send the data off to World Pay for you.

I hope that clarifies my previous posts.