Is there a site/resourse you know of where I can learn more about this https
interaction? I've never had to write web code on this level before.

On 10/21/06, Doug McNutt <douglist_at_macnauchtan.com> wrote:
>
> At 15:44 -0400 10/21/06, Rob Notwicz wrote:
> >I'm using libcurl with PHP and I need to get at an https page behind a
> login. I have the username and password, but how do I make the connection
> and pull the page contents into a variable?
>
> Start by observing the HTTP headers that are sent out when you log in with
> a browser.
>
> The LiveHTTPheaders add-in for Firefox works for that or, if you happen to
> be using a Mac, the log file produced by iCab is perhaps better. Ethernet
> sniffers will leave you on the wrong side of the encryption.
>
> If it's some paranoid bank you'll probably have a few passes of downloads
> and replies with cookies and repeated stuff in POSTs or GETs. Curl can save
> headers in a temp file and you can create copies of what you find for
> delivery with curl's -d option. I have some canned perl scripts for that but
> nothing in PHP.
>
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>
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Received on 2006-10-22