SSL, PHP, & MySQL

Hi all, I was wondering if anyone could direct me to some good tutorials on how to utilize PHP to access a MySQL database behind SSL. I have been searching PHPBuilder.com, PHPClasses.org, and hotscripts.com, and I can't seem to find any good tutorials for a beginner when it comes to SSL. I do have a fairly good working knowledge of PHP and MySQL so I'm not necessarily looking for a guide on that, I just need to know how to pass encrypted data back and forth. Here is the scenario: My client has a website in which a customer will be purchasing gift certificates online. They don't need a comprehensive e-commerce package, just simple information passed across a secure connection, such as: user names, passwords, credit cards and mailing addresses. We already have a MySQL db set up with the gift certificate "package" information. I just need to be able to store the customer information for retrieval later by the owners of the site. Joshua Minnie josh@wildwebtech.com Independent Web Consultant / Developer Wild Web Technology www.wildwebtech.com ------------------------------------------------------ Server Information: + PHP v. 4.2.3 + Apache 1.3.26 + MySQL 3.23.53 ------------------------------------------------------