RE: [PHP] Help with sending credentials?

> -----Original Message----- > From: Richard Quadling [mailto:rquadling@gmail.com] > Sent: Friday, October 15, 2010 1:47 AM > To: Brian Dunning > Cc: PHP-General List > Subject: Re: [PHP] Help with sending credentials? > > On 14 October 2010 21:45, Brian Dunning <brian@briandunning.com> wrote: > > Gents - > > > > I'm trying to work with a major vendor's web service, but all my efforts are > met with a 401 authentication error response. I can log in manually to this > URL using these credentials through a browser, so I know the credentials are > good. Unfortunately the support guys at the vendor don't see any problem > with my code and have not been able to help. > > > > $url = "https://servername.com/script"; $ctx = > > stream_context_create(array('https' => array( > > 'timeout' => 10, > > 'header' => sprintf("Authorization: Basic %s\r\n", > > base64_encode("myUsername:myPassword")) > > ))); > > $result = file_get_contents($url, 0, $ctx); $http_response = explode(' > > ', $http_response_header[0]); $response_code = $http_response[1]; > > <<<=== This is evaluating to '401' > > > > > > Thanks. > > Are they using Basic authentication? > > Does ... > > https://myUsername:myPassword@http://servername.com/script Shouldn't that be https://myUsername:myPassword@servername.com/script ? > > work? > > Is this a SOAP based web service? > > Are they expecting the SOAPHeader to contain the authentication? > > > > > -- > Richard Quadling > Twitter : EE : Zend > @RQuadling : e-e.com/M_248814.html : bit.ly/9O8vFY > Regards, Tommy