Custom request fields with http get/post

[browndrf]

Hi there,
I'm trying to set some custom fields into GET/POST request using HttpConnection. For example I want to pass in the user name to the server I tried this:

I got this sample code from somewhere

      String url = "myserver.com/read_username.php"
      HttpConnection hc = (HttpConnection)Connector.open(url, Connector.READ_WRITE);
      hc.setRequestMethod(HttpConnection.GET);
      hc.setRequestProperty("IF-Modified-Since", "20 Jan 2001 16:19:14 GMT");
      hc.setRequestProperty("User-Agent", "Profile/MIDP-1.0 Configuration/CLDC-1.0");
      hc.setRequestProperty("Content-Language", "en-CA");
      hc.setRequestProperty("Connection","close");

      hc.setRequestProperty("username", "brownd");

      int rc = hc.getResponseCode();

As you can see I'm setting a custom field in the GET request called "username". On the server php script I tried to read it from the $_GET request but it has nothing !!


But if do it this way instead:

      String url = "myserver.com/read_username.php?username=brownd"
      HttpConnection hc = (HttpConnection)Connector.open(url, Connector.READ_WRITE);
      hc.setRequestMethod(HttpConnection.GET);

The $_GET request is getting populated correctly.
I tried POST request and it gives the same result.

What am I doing wrong here ?
How can set custom fields in GET/POST request ?

[shmoove]

$_GET is only supposed to bring you parameters from the query string and $_POST from a url-encoded body. I'm not that good in PHP but I think that you need to use $_SERVER to get parameters from the http headers (doesn't matter if it's GET or POST).

shmoove

[browndrf]

>> I'm not that good in PHP
hmmm... I don't think so

Thanks - that is it. It worked !!