Posting variable without form

Hello, I saw searching in the archive for posting variable without using a form. I saw the answer by one of you, which is in this link: http://www.faqts.com/knowledge_base/view.phtml/aid/12039/fid/51 The code is actually a senttohost() function: ========================================================= function sendToHost($host,$method,$path,$data,$useragent=0) { // Supply a default method of GET if the one passed was empty if (empty($method)) $method = 'GET'; $method = strtoupper($method); $fp = fsockopen($host,80); if ($method == 'GET') $path .= '?' . $data; fputs($fp, "$method $path HTTP/1.1\n"); fputs($fp, "Host: $host\n"); fputs($fp, "Content-type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded\n"); fputs($fp, "Content-length: " . strlen($data) . "\n"); if ($useragent) fputs($fp, "User-Agent: MSIE\n"); fputs($fp, "Connection: close\n\n"); if ($method == 'POST') fputs($fp, $data); while (!feof($fp)) $buf .= fgets($fp,128); fclose($fp); return $buf; } ========================================================= I tried it but it is not successful. I think it is because I tried to post to a https(SSL link). I would like to know if I can perform a SSL posting using the above code, or if anyone could point to me how I can post variables without using a form, please point to me. Thanks. -- Best regards, Then Nam Kheong nkthen@singnet.com.sg