I have a PHP application that submits a string of data to a partner's server via GET mechanism. As a reponse, partner's server generates an integer (submission ID) and sends it back to me. I can see this integer if I put my outbound string into the browser and execute it, but I do not know how to make my PHP application to capture this value and insert it into my MySQL database automatically. What function should I use? As you can see I'm a newbi to PHP. Oleg

I assume by "sends it back to me", you mean you can see it in the browser window when you do it manually. To do this in PHP, use file_get_contents(). Assuming the partner's server returns only the integer (ie not any HTML), it could work something like: $submissionID=file_get_contents("http://www.server.com/order.aspx?ordernum=12&items=3&total=22"); Note that you don't have to pass this string to your partner's server anywhere else...Just the line above will do it. Good luck, -SN

SN, Thanks a lot for such a prompt reply. I will try it over the weekend. Thanks again, Oleg

Interestingly enough I was able to use the same function for passing data to a server using GET method. All I had to do was to concatenate url of the server with my variables, urlencode() the lot and then insert result into file_get_contents() and I had my GET data submission and server response in one go ... thanks a lot for your advise. Oleg