Using PHP to process submitted PDF Form and Upload FDF to Server

Hi All,
I have a PDF form online (created in Acrobat 9.0 Pro, NOT LiveCycle Designer!) that, once a user has filled it out and clicks the submit button, I want two things to happen:
1) I want the data from the form to be submitted to a custom PHP script, which I can do several different things with (store the data in a MySQL database, for example).
2) I would also like to upload/store/save (not sure of the proper vernacular) the filled out form (FDF file) to the web server.
Now what I need from you lovely people, either directly, or point me to where I can find the following:
1) How/What options do I choose for the Submit button in Acrobat 9.0 Pro when I create the PDF?
2) What/Where can I find a PHP code snippet to get the data from fields in the submitted form?
3) I know you can set up an Acrobat form to e-mail a copy of the FDF file to a specified e-mail address. Instead of emailing that FDF file, I want to store it directly to a folder on my web server. However, just setting the URL in the submit button to a folder on my web server doesn't seem to do the trick. So, I guess what I need is to somehow reference the FDF file with my custom PHP script... something like $_POST["fdffile"] ???? Please if anyone knows how to do this, please let me know! Because, if I can reference the FDF file, I can then use PHP's built in FTP functions to upload it to a specific folder on my web server.
Thanks for any input!!!

HI All,
can someone please quide me how I can make this code to work for me?
Where and what folder I have to put this PHP script?
What my http will be?( I will use localhost)
What the name of my PDF file(create by LiveCycle Designer)
What the name of the file I will receive and where(folder) will be send it via the server?
I see these name below in the PHP script but I can not make out what....
configuration.php
administrator/xml
administrator/pdf
THANK you

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