Merging phplist with an existing brochure request form

[Bernard]

I've got a brochure request form (http://www.interplansystems.com/html-docs/request_catalog.php) on my site which already asks for name, email address, etc. I'd like to add a checkbox to the existing form for a user to indicate their interest in signing up for a phplist (http://tincan.co.uk/phplist) newsletter.

Is there an easy way to push the data from my existing form into the phplist system without having to display a phplist subscription form?

[srikanthsh]

Bernard, i think you can not insert data into their system(I assume you dont have control on their screens/system).

But, you could let your users subscribe through the first option on this screen - http://tincan.co.uk/?lid=303

If users check the checkbox in your form, in the code, you can send an empty e-mail to that e-mail ID. In your code, you have to set user's e-mail ID as the from address.

[ArmenT]

Erm, it appears that this phpList thingy uses a local database, not one stored on tincan's server. Frankly, it shouldn't take a half-decent programmer more than 5-10 minutes to add the necessary code in.

[Bernard]

Originally posted by ArmenT
Erm, it appears that this phpList thingy uses a local database, not one stored on tincan's server.

Correct.

Originally posted by ArmenT
Frankly, it shouldn't take a half-decent programmer more than 5-10 minutes to add the necessary code in.

Correct again. Which is why I posted the question here. I'm an experienced applications programmer, I can read php and figure it out, but I'm not familiar with phplist, so I'm not familiar with what I need to do to interface with it. I posted my question at the phplist forum as well, but so far there is no response. I figured someone here might have already done such a thing and could offer a quick pointer...