How to code "multipart/form-data” in a PHP script ?

[ed kool]

Question how to code "multipart/form-data” in a PHP script ?

We are trying to make our program trchat.exe work via the following PHP script:

 <?php 
 
$lang = " English to Dutch";
 
$postdata="select=".$lang."&TEXTAREA1=testtext";
 
$ch = curl_init(); 
 
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, 'http://ling98.com/cgi-bin/trchat.exe'); 
 
curl_setopt ($ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, $postdata); 
 
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_VERBOSE, 1);
 
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HEADER, 0); 
 
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1);
 
curl_setopt ($ch, CURLOPT_POST, 1); 
 
 
 
$content = curl_exec ($ch); 
 
 
 
curl_close ($ch); 
 
 
 
print $content; 
 
 
 
?>

Underneath we have the operational javascript,

Removing all options in the form submit line, exept enctype="multip art/form-data" has no effect on the proper operation of trchat.exe.

 <SCRIPT LANGUAGE=JavaScript> 
 
 
 
var vertaal = "English to Dutch"
 
var tekst = "textual test"
 
 
 
mstr = '<form name="myform" action="http://ling98.com/cgi-bin/trchat.exe" method="post" enctype="multipart/form-data" runat="server" type="submit" >'
 
mstr +='<Input type="text" name="TEXTAREA1" value="'
 
mstr += tekst
 
mstr += '" >'
 
mstr +='<Input type="text" name="select" value="'
 
mstr += vertaal
 
mstr += '" >'
 
mstr += '<input name="" type="submit">'
 
mstr +='</form>'
 
document.write (mstr);
 
document.myform.submit();
 
</SCRIPT>

Through PHP we are not able to send the , "multipart/form-data” which seems to be required for trchat.

Question how to code "multipart/form-data” in a PHP script ?

[iam_clint]

Seeming how i have no idea what trchat is or does i don't see where the problem is...

i don't understand why you are even having the javascript write the form since it is a static document.write the variables are static so why even use javascript.

[bevort]

Because you are dutch i advise you to go to http://www.handleidinghtml.nl/ and read about the "multipart/form-data" enctype.

example:
<FORM METHOD="post" ACTION="bestemm ing" ENCTYPE="multip art/form-data">
<INPUT TYPE="file" NAME="upload">
</FORM>

As you can see this formwants to upload a file. You are trying to send normal $_POST vars with your javascript.

Your program wants a file and does not get that.

Vincent