Re: A curl question

On Mon, Jan 02, 2006 at 11:07:33AM -0500, tedd wrote: > Hi: > > I've asked this question on the curl-and-php@cool.haxx.se list, but > replies were few and didn't address the problem. Whereas, I've seen > considerable discussion of curl on this list, so here goes. > > I am writing a client-side application that uses curl commands to > communicate with a php application. > > At present I can send the php application logon, password, and variables > via: > > curl -u userID:password --url > http://mydomain.com/myApp.php?what=what > > That works! > > However, I would like to send the variables hidden instead of > attached to the url. So, what would the curl command be? How do you mean hidden? You have to send the userid and pass somehow either with the -u option or specifying them in the url: http://userID:password@mydomain.com/ If you are worried about people seing the network traffic of the username or passowrd then use https. Curt. -- cat .signature: No such file or directory