phonebook.php

<?php
//http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3080146/post-data-to-a-url-in-php
$url = 'http://phonebook.uconn.edu/results.php';
//  status => any
//  basictext => (30 char limit) > this is a name
$status = 'any';
$basictext = 'Caleb Gates';

$myvars = 'status='.$status.'&basictext='+$basictext;   //= 'myvar1=' . $myvar1 . '&myvar2=' . $myvar2;
$ch = curl_init( $url );
curl_setopt( $ch, CURLOPT_POST, 1);
curl_setopt( $ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, $myvars);
curl_setopt( $ch, CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION, 1);
curl_setopt( $ch, CURLOPT_HEADER, 0);
curl_setopt( $ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1);
$response = curl_exec( $ch );

echo $response;
/*
phonebook, post variables: basictext, and status (student,faculty) to results.php < probably returns json object names, and emails
-- can also explore advanced search
*/
?>