Re: Sending username/password

On Fri, 2008-09-05 at 15:26 -0500, Jay Moore wrote: > Robert Cummings wrote: > > On Fri, 2008-09-05 at 21:07 +0100, Stut wrote: > >> On 5 Sep 2008, at 21:05, Robert Cummings wrote: > >>> On Fri, 2008-09-05 at 15:01 -0500, Jay Moore wrote: > >>>> Greetings list! > >>>> > >>>> Is it possible (and if so, how) to send username and password > >>>> information to a website with PHP? > >>>> > >>>> I would like to submit some information to some network devices we > >>>> have, > >>>> but they require login credentials to proceed. I would like to > >>>> bypass > >>>> the traditional username/password prompt so I can automate the > >>>> procedure. > >>>> > >>>> I hope this makes sense. > >>> If you mean http auth style login information then you do the > >>> following: > >>> > >>> M»þl2ùÊ$ë=‘„ > >>> http://www.somedomain.com:user@password/the/path/to/resource.html > >> I think he meant > >> http://user:password@www.somedomwin.com/the/path/to/resource.html > > > > Yeah, that's it lol :) > > > > Cheers, > > Rob. > > FYI - Typing this response on my old 286 because Rob's original > suggestion made my 37.612-core Core2Duo box (used for notepad and > newsgroups only) explode. :) Sorry bout that. However, malformed URL bugs that cause your system to crash can't really be attributed to me ;) Cheers, Rob. -- http://www.interjinn.com Application and Templating Framework for PHP