file_get_contents and https

I am new to PHP; using Apache 2.2 and PHP 5/Windows. I'd like to do this: $x = file_get_contents("https://user:pw@foo.org") I get: Warning: file_get_contents(https://...) [function.file-get-contents]: failed to open stream: Invalid argument in ... on line... I think I have the following correct: 1) I have php_openssl.dll present and indicated as an extension in the ext directory 2) libeay32.dll is on the Windows path What more do I need to do? Thanks, Bob Hanson -- Robert M. Hanson Professor of Chemistry St. Olaf College Northfield, MN http://www.stolaf.edu/people/hansonr If nature does not answer first what we want, it is better to take what answer we get. -- Josiah Willard Gibbs, Lecture XXX, Monday, February 5, 1900