I may be wrong however I think I saw something on
http://www.devshed.com/ that talked about PHP and how to create a
persistent connection.

Maybe someone on the list that knows PHP can set the record straight.

Hope this helps,
Keith



Mike Sheldon wrote:
> 
> Actually, HTTP does work that way. You can retrieve multiple files through a
> single connection.
> 
> Michael J. Sheldon
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: plug-discuss-admin@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us
> [mailto:plug-discuss-admin@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us]On Behalf Of Rod
> Roark
> Sent: Friday, July 07, 2000 18:13
> To: plug-discuss@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us
> Subject: Re: FW: [Tutor] Writing a web bot.
> 
> HTTP doesn't work that way.  The server is going to kill the connection
> after responding to each request.
> 
> -- Rod
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> 
> On Fri, 07 Jul 2000, you wrote:
> > Hi all.
> >
> > It appears I have found myself in a position
> > where I could use some help.
> >
> > The task I am trying to perform is write an
> > internet bot.  I was going to use urllib for
> > this project however one of the requirements
> > is for the connection to be continuous during
> > the session.
> >
> > Connect to a site.
> > Get page, parse.
> > Get another page, parse.
> > use POST method, get another page, parse.
> > Disconnect from the site.
> >
> > The connection is not supposed to be dropped
> > between the requests.
> >
> > Is there a simple way to do this task???
> >
> > thanks.
> 
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