RE: [PHP] PHP+ Curl (on Unix)

> As I understand it, PHP 4 has CURL support. > 1) is enabling the curl extension a substitute for installing the curl > package? > In other words, if I enable the extension, do I still need to instal > the CURL package? You need to install CURL, and tell PHP where it is when you compile it, in order to use the extensions. > 2) Can I install curl without ROOT access? Probably, but I wouldn't know... > 3) Does FOPEN() NOT support HTTPS, or do I need to do something > special. Probably not. As I understand it, you need to install some kind of patch to your system to allow you to open URLs with fopen(). That's unlikely to support encrypted transactions (https). > 4) How else can I innitiate a HTTPS connection on a *NIX system? > Is Socket the only solution? CURL works nicely... I doubt you'd get far with sockets since you would have to encrypt and decrypt on your own. Jasoon -- Jason Murray jasonm@melbourneit.com.au Web Developer, Melbourne IT "Work now, freak later!"