I am a newbie to PHP and HTML. I need to recieve an XML string from
an outside source that in turns needs to be parsed to read a record
from a database and then return the answer. I have successfully
installed PHP 5 (Fedora Core 3) and recompiled it for my Informix DB.
I am able to query the DB using SQL commands and it works.
What I don't get (because I am not knowledgable in HTML) is how to
receive this string of data. I bought a book (PHP 5 Bible) and have
been reading about forms. Is the $_POST command what I need to use?
Once I get this XML string in PHP I think I can handle this until I
have to send back the result. I am guessing another $_POST command?
Also how could I simulate sending this request?
Thanks
Gary