Re: [PHP4BETA] posttohost https posting

Cary,

Kind of what I was thinking. So I don't have an answer within the bounds
of PHP?

David Perry

On Sun, 11 Jun 2000, Cary Collett wrote:

> Date: Sun, 11 Jun 2000 12:11:49 -0400
> From: Cary Collett <[email protected]>
> To: David Perry <[email protected]>
> Cc: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [PHP4BETA] posttohost https posting
> 
> PHP would have to be SSL enabled to do this. HTTPS is more
> than just a port number. The SSL library is needed on both
> ends to en/de-crypt the data.
> 
> Cary
> 
> Thus spake David Perry ([email protected]):
> 
> > I am trying to use PHP to post values to a secure web site (https) but
> > can't get a response. I thought I should be able to just change to port
> > 443 and talk with it like I can any other. Someone suggested CURL, which
> > allowed me to download the secure page but no provision for interativity.
> > 
> > I will have a username and password to pass to an initial page then
> > options to select there before I can actually get to the page I want to
> > fill out.