<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">doing a POST to a static page will cause a 405<div><br></div><div>you can test by just posting to a dynamic and static page as such ( -d key=value sends data as a POST )</div><div><br></div><div>works:</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> curl -v -d1=1 http://</span>site<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre">.com/</span>dynamic<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre">.php</span></div><div><div><br></div><div>works:</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; "> curl -v http://</span>site<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; ">.com/</span>static<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; ">.</span>html</div><div><br></div></div><div>405:</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> curl -v -d1=1 http://</span>site<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre">.com/</span>static<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre">.</span>html</div><div><br></div><div>one could also test via a html form , but that's easier !</div><div><br></div><div>I'd consider this a bug, because many 3rd party sites -- such as facebook applications -- will POST everything.</div><br><br><div> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div>// Jonathan Vanasco<br><br>e. <a href="mailto:jonathan@2xlp.com">jonathan@2xlp.com</a><br>w. <a href="http://findmeon.com/user/jvanasco">http://findmeon.com/user/jvanasco</a><br>blog. <a href="http://destructuring.net/">http://destructuring.net</a><br><br>| - - - - - - - - - -<br>| Founder/CEO - FindMeOn, Inc.<br>| FindMeOn.com - The cure for Multiple Web Personality Disorder<br>| - - - - - - - - - -<br>| CTO - ArtWeLove, LLC<br>| ArtWeLove.com - Explore Art On Your Own Terms<br>| - - - - - - - - - -<br>| RoadSound.com - Tools for Bands, Stuff for Fans<br>| - - - - - - - - - -</div></div></span></div></span> </div><br></body></html>