Passing post data

[andrewsmd]

I need to pass post data straight to a url. Basically what I am trying to do is test my site and I would like to pass a bunch of data via php. Does anyone know how. Here is the information
<form action = "somefile.php" method = "post">
<input type = "radio" name = "option" value = "1">Option 1</radio>
<input type = "radio" name = "option" value = "2">Option 2</radio>
<input type = "submit" name = "submit" value = "submit">
</form>
Basically I would like to insert a bunch of votes for option 1 and the same for option 2. Any suggestions? Thanks,

[eelixduppy]

If you are testing your site, wherever you are collecting these votes you can just input the test into there. For instance, if you are storing the votes in a database, you can add test results directly to the database, you wouldn't need to submit each vote individually from the form.

Am I understanding you correctly?

[andrewsmd]

I understand that, I want to put them in through the webpage to test against bots and to see how much overhead the site can take. I would have just put the sql in if I wanted to do it your way. What I am trying to post will be much more complicated than that, I just simplified it so the problem could be easy to read.

[eelixduppy]

You might be able to use cURL [php.net] to do what you want, then. You'd just have to loop it a few times depending on how many times you wanted to submit the data. I guess you can also do it manually by refreshing a submitted page as to keep submitting the same data over again. I'd go this way, actually, instead of going nuts trying to code a test case.

[andrewsmd]

I used curl actually and figured it out yesterday. Thanks for your help.

[eelixduppy]

Cool glad you found your solution. :)