Is there a sort of php script which will run a series of URLs and then direct the user to the final destination? the use of this is: creating a checkout cart on a site that doesn't have a robust "wishlist" feature.
The script runs a series of "add item to cart" urls, and then the final destination takes the user to their cart of products i've picked out for them.
edit: As for managing remote sessions through cURL, it depends how the remote site tracks sessions. Some use cookies (which cURL supports), some generate a sessionid token that you have to pass back in subsequent requests, either as a parameter or in the http header.
The docs for PHP's cURL API are pretty sparse, so you may have to hunt for more complete tutorials. I found the following by Googling for "curl cookie tutorial":
http://coderscult.com/php/php-curl/2008/05/20/php-curl-cookies-example/
Yes you can do this with ajax.
Use jQuery to do your ajax requests.
e.g
$.get("http://mywebsite.com/json/cart_add.php?pid=25");
$.get("http://mywebsite.com/json/cart_add.php?pid=27");
If you use sessions then it will be added to the current session providing it is on the same domain.
it really depends on specifics of your site.
if its oo, you may be able to call the relevant methods one after the other to add items to the basket? or you may be able to do this with includes?
or it may be that the site has some include files you can use?
or it may have a mechanism to redirect users after adding items to the basket that you can take advantage of?
or if not, there's other answers that have appeared whilst i was writing that suggest valid ways to achieve this with javascript or curl.
ok i'm going to try the ajax suggestion but i'm not sure how the code is formatted with get and post. this is what i've started and it doesn't fetch the url(i swapped in generic urls for demonstration);
<html>
<head>
<script type="text/javascript" src="jquery-1.2.6.min.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
$(document).ready(function() {
$("a").click(function(){
$.get("http://www.store.com/item4");
$.get("http://www.store.com/item5");
alert("Items Added, Now Redirecting");
});
});
</script>
</head>
<body>
<a href="">Link</a>
</body>
</html>