Re: Remote file download and https

Do you have SSL library installed? check that PHPINFO() i guess. You can also try to run curl() (if they have SSL support). Otherwise, It will be hard to implement SSL from pure PHP sockets functions. Elias "Radu Manole" <radu@u-zine.com> wrote in message news:001401c25404$a52baae0$0f00a8c0@uzine.com... > Hi Guys, > > I'm trying to create a "transparent download" using a script (the script > would run from my local machine) that will request a file from a remote > server, that looks like this (https request): > https://www.httpsserver.net/Pages/Download.asp?usr=test&pass=test&from=05/01 > /02&to=09/03/02 > This link will trigger an excel file download. > > I tryed with fsockopen() and fopen() but no luck. > Also the Header ("Location: $myurl") starts the download but redirect the > user to httpsserver. > Any ideas and hints to start this transparent download would be much > appreciated. Maybe to use a popup window? > > Many Thanks, > Radu > >