Editing Using curl to test POST data (section)

== Following redirects ==

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$ curl -L -X POST -d "foo=bar&biz=bash" http://dev-server.com
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* `-L` '''location''' Tells `curl` to reattempt the get if the server reports that the page is at a different location (`301` and `302` responses)
* `-X POST` Explicitly use the POST method (as opposed to the `-d` option which implicitly uses POST.<ref>[http://man.cx/curl curl man page]</ref> (man.cx manual pages)

This happens with Symfony, which sends a `301` response with its controllers.<ref>[http://stackoverflow.com/a/22654902 php curl post request to symfony2 app shows an empty ParameterBag] (Stackoverflow)</ref>,<ref>[http://www.recursion.org/2011/11/18/following-redirects-with-curl Following Redirects with Curl] (recursion.org blog)</ref>

<p class="alert-warning">N.B. This did not work on the first attempt with Symfony. Not sure if it's not a solution, or if I was doing something wrong.</p>