Re: Send username & password in HTTP headers

Hi, That worked, Thanks a lot.. Regards TNP Professional Services ZUSTEK INDIA ______________________________________________________________________________ ---------- Original Message ----------- From: Chris Shiflett <shiflett@php.net> To: nthumuluru@osi-tech.com, php-general@lists.php.net Sent: Wed, 12 May 2004 08:55:55 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Re: [PHP] Send username & password in HTTP headers > --- Nagendra Prasad <nthumuluru@osi-tech.com> wrote: > > I'm posting some XML data to my client's website using HTTP Post. > > Assume I'm posting to getxml.php (hosted on my clients server). > > Now my client has put authentication on his website using > > header('WWW-Authenticate: Basic realm="Private Area"'); > > > > Now the page getxml.php asks me to prove my identity before it > > acceps my xml posts. So how do I send the username & pwd when I'm > > posting the xml details? > > Include an Authorization header, which should look something like this: > > Authorization: Basic bXluYW1lOm15cGFzcw== > > The encoded string is just the result of this: > > base64_encode('myname:mypass') > > Substitute with the correct username and password. > > Hope that helps. > > Chris > > ===== > Chris Shiflett - http://shiflett.org/ > > PHP Security - O'Reilly > Coming Fall 2004 > HTTP Developer's Handbook - Sams > http://httphandbook.org/ > PHP Community Site > http://phpcommunity.org/ ------- End of Original Message -------