title: programmatically browse remote website with php
body: <p>How do I go about programmatically use PHP to access a secure site of a website and pull an image?
  There is a website that I can login with my username/password. Once logged in, I then have to go to a few different pages before the image is available for download. I am trying to download a POD (Proof of Delivery) image from a carriers website.</p>
  
  <p>Can this be done with CURL?</p>
  
  <p>Unfortunately, I cannot access the image directly because:
  a) it is in a password protected area
  b) I think there are session variables being set as you browse, as if i browse to the POD of the consignment, there is no request variables added to the image, so I am thinking the previous page must set a session variable to say "this is the consignment I am currently looking at".</p>
  
  <p>Also- is there any ethical restrictions you guys can see in doing this? If I company lets you login to their website, I can't see why they would care if you are doing it physically or programmatically.</p>