Re: SSL Post through socket...

I've recently run into a similar problem. I need to post data to a secure server with a username and password (ie. https://username:password@server/file.cgi). The only way I found to do this, so far, is to run curl in exec(). This method sucks since I'm sending a username and a password. Anyone smart enough to use top or ps can see the login information. Another way to do it would be to compile php with libcurl support. (libcurl would need to have ssl support). I've had terible expereinces trying to compile php4 with curl with ssl support. It just wont happen. I may post an overview of my problems to this list when I get a few minutes to write it all down -- and pray for someone who's gone through it to help me. Thomas, Check out these sites for info on curl and how it works: http://www.php.net/manual/ref.curl.php -- Overview of how libcurl works (if you manage to compile it). http://curl.haxx.se/ -- Curl homepage. -david ----- Original Message ----- From: "Thomas Deliduka" <thomas@neweve.com> To: "PHP List" <php-general@lists.php.net> Sent: Thursday, September 28, 2000 9:20 PM Subject: [PHP] SSL Post through socket... > I'm working on an Automatic Billing system and I'm slowly realizing that > what I want to do can't be done, which would cause lots of headaches for me > and my company. > > The automatic billing system is a PHP script run on the server as a cronjob > and it does all the necessary gathering of the orders and charges them. > > The online cc processing software is an authorize.net compatible company > which requires a post to their ssl dll and it then returns an answer back > and I can continue. It's called "ADC Direct Response". But the requirement > here is the SSL connection and post to the dll. > > has anyone come up against this and is there a way to do it in a cron-job? > -- > > Thomas Deliduka > IT Manager > ------------------------- > New Eve Media > The Solution To Your Internet Angst > http://www.neweve.com/ > > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-general-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > For additional commands, e-mail: php-general-help@lists.php.net > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net > >