Trigger remote process on submission

[Sadler]

Hello All,
looking for some pointers on getting a form to trigger a remote process when it is submitted.
I have a form which users can update but it needs to trigger a process elsewhere by submitting the record ID to a URL.
I don't want the users to know about this as it is a background process so I don't want it opening in a new window (which would be an easy solution I guess), I am looking at using a php plugin on the form.
Any ideas?

Burnsy

 

[cheesegrits]

Yup, just use a PHP submission script, and use CURL to fire off your remote request.

-- hugh

 

[Sadler]

Hello Hugh,
thanks for the tip. It worked out well, for those in any way wanting to do the same here is what worked:

$trigger_link = curl_init("http://myurl.com/index.php?caseid={table_name___id}");

curl_exec($trigger_link);
curl_close($trigger_link);

It is a very simple example but it works and that is all that is needed

Burnsy