#21905 [Com]: fopen/fsockopen via HTTPS

ID: 21905 Comment by: mike.duncan@sonopress.com Reported By: mike.duncan@sonopress.com Status: Bogus Bug Type: Sockets related Operating System: Linux PHP Version: 4.3.0 New Comment: Could this whole mess be hanging on the certificate passed back by the server? I am using a self-signed cert., not a valid certificate. Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2003-01-28 12:27:44] mike.duncan@sonopress.com I think you are misunderstanding me. I tried fsockopen() and it failed with "php_stream_sock_ssl_activate_with_method: SSL handshake/connection failed...fsockopen() [http://www.php.net/function.fsockopen]: failed to activate SSL mode 1 in..." error. This is exactly the same error reported in the Bug link given above. After reading that report, you suggested he use fopen() instead. This is what I did too, but unfortunately I got the error I reported above. What did you work out with him? After looking into other options, I noticed that cURL lib could be used to curl_init() the SSL first, but I think this beating around the subject. I do not want to have to install extranious libraries all over for this option. You state in the documentation that SSL support is in streams for PHP v4.3.0 as long as I build in support for OpenSSL. Which I did (see php -m above). Is there something I am missing? ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2003-01-27 12:21:01] wez@php.net This is not a support forum, and this is not a bug in PHP (marking as bogus). fsockopen("ssl://webmail.domain.com", 443) should function exactly how you need it to for this task. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2003-01-27 11:24:47] mike.duncan@sonopress.com The problem I am experiencing is close to, but not exactly, the same problem in bug #21642. That problem was not fully explained or understood by me and since the conversation went offline, I may never know what actually was resolved. I am trying to access a Outlook Web Access box via SSL (HTTPS). Because the fsockopen() does not support SSL directly (because it starts in the clear initially) I tried to use fopen() but because you are not allowed to write to a HTTP-schemed, fopen()connection, I cannot see how to get around POST'ing info to the site. Am I missing an easier way to do this? The error I receive with fopen() is: "failed to create stream: HTTP wrapper does not support writeable connections". Here is a snippit of code: ---------- $fp = fopen("https://webmail.domain.com", "w+"); if(! $fp) { echo "Could not connect to server.\n"; exit; } fputs($fp, "POST /exchange/logon.asp HTTP/1.1\r\n"); fputs($fp, ...various HTTP headers and info...); while(! feof($fp)) echo fgets($fp, 1024); fclose($fp); ------------ I know it may not always be necessary to POST data, but I need to know if I must use Perl (which I can use LWP) for this. I would really like to stick with PHP because everything else is already written in it. Some system info... --------- $ php -v PHP 4.3.0 (cli) (built: Jan 24 2003 15:12:37) Copyright (c) 1997-2002 The PHP Group Zend Engine v1.3.0, Copyright (c) 1998-2002 Zend Technologies $ php -m [PHP Modules] ctype ftp ldap mysql oci8 openssl overload pcre posix saprfc session standard tokenizer xml [Zend Modules] ---------- TIA for help, comments, and/or suggestions. Mike Duncan Web Master/Developer Sonopress LLC mike.duncan@sonopress.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=21905&edit=1