Question

I am trying to logging using php’s curl.

I am using LiveHTTPHeaders to see what headers are sent.

When I login through form it sends

action=autorize&login=myname&pass=mypass&x=14&y=10

I can see action, login, pass <inputs>.
The problem is – there are no x and y inputs. And they are random all the time. I searched all html, but there are definitely no any x, y or their numbers.

How is that possible at all?

Answer 1

The x and y inputs are from an image input. From W3C:

An INPUT element with ‘TYPE=IMAGE’
specifies an image resource to
display, and allows input of two form
fields: the x and y coordinate of a
pixel chosen from the image. The names
of the fields are the name of the
field with ‘.x’ and ‘.y’ appended.
‘TYPE=IMAGE’ implies ‘TYPE=SUBMIT’
processing; that is, when a pixel is
chosen, the form as a whole is
submitted.

http://www.w3.org/MarkUp/html-spec/html-spec_8.html#SEC8.1.2.5