php mechanize

[tswitz00]

I have a php script modified from cgi-interactive that uses the COM InternetExplorer.Application to open up a browser log on to a form and submit it. It works great if its ran from the command line but I need it to be ran from a browser, any suggestions?

//class 
class MechanizeIE {
    var $ie = NULL;
    
    

function StartIE() {
    $this->ie = new COM("InternetExplorer.Application")
                or die("Unable to start IE");

    /* set the co-ordiantes
       for the IE window */
    $this->ie->left = 400;
    $this->ie->top  = 0;
    $this->ie->width  = 600;
    $this->ie->height = 400;

    /* turn off all toolbars */
    $this->ie->menubar   = 1;
    $this->ie->toolbar   = 1;
    $this->ie->statusbar = 1;

    /* make IE visible */
    $this->ie->visible = 1;
}


function navigateIE ($url) {
    $this->ie->navigate($url);
    $this->wait_while_busy();
}





function setformIE ($textbox, $value) {
  $index = 0;
  $cnt   = 0;
  $doc   = $this->ie->Document;
  $forms = $doc->forms;

  for($i = 0; $i < $forms->length; $i++) {
    $form = $forms->item($i);

    for($j = 0; $j < $form->elements->all->length; $j++)
    {
      $e_name = $form->elements->all{$j}
                     ->getAttribute("name");

      if($e_name == $textbox) {
        if($index == $cnt) {
          $form->elements->all{$j}->{value} = $value;
          return;
        } else {$cnt++;}
      }
    }
  }
  print "could not find form element : " . $textbox . "\n";
}



function pushbuttonIE ($button) {
  $index = 0;
  $cnt   = 0;
  $doc   = $this->ie->Document;
  $forms = $doc->forms;

  for($i = 0; $i < $forms->length; $i++) {
   $form = $forms->item($i);

   for($j = 0; $j < $form->elements->all->length; $j++) {
    $e_name = $form->elements->all{$j}
                   ->getAttribute("value");
    $e_type = $form->elements->all{$j}
                   ->getAttribute("type");

    if($e_name == $button and $e_type == submit) {
      if($index == $cnt) {
        $form->elements->all{$j}->click();
        $this->wait_while_busy();
        return;
      } else {$cnt++;}
    }
   }
  }
  print "could not find form button : " . $button . "\n";
}
}





//main script
include 'classMechanizeIE.php';

$myIE = &New MechanizeIE;


$myIE->StartIE();
$myIE->navigateIE('mysite.com');


$myIE->setformIE('username', 'user');
$myIE->setformIE('password', 'pass');


$myIE->pushbuttonIE('Login');

When I run this script from a browser it doest do anything. I also tried using the exec to try and run it from cmd from browser still nothing.

 

[sleipnir214]

Web applications do their work on the server, not the client. So the only way I can see to invoke a client-side COM object would be for a web-script to sent to a client enough VBscript or maybe Java code to get the job done.

However, I must warn you that security setting will give you a fight trying to do what you're doing. If you can automagically fetch a log file through my browser, what's to stop you from fetching any other file on my system?


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[jpadie]

if it must be run from a browser, save the page as an hta file and have your client download it the execute locally. it will run in IE with wide permissions.