Re: Can I fopen() files in .htaccess protected directories?
| From: | Miguel Cruz | Date: | Sun, 07 Apr 2002 09:21:57 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: Can I fopen() files in .htaccess protected directories? | ||
| References: | 1 | Groups: | php.general |
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On Sat, 6 Apr 2002, Dalton Hunter wrote:
> Hi, does fopen() support the opening and reading of remote files in
> directories protected with .htaccess files like ...
>
>
> fopen("http://user:password@www.domain.com/directory/file.php","r");
>
> If not, is there an alternative way to do this? Thanks!
If you're only going to be reading it from inside your PHP program, why
not just put the target resource at a secret URL rather than behind
.htaccess password protection? That's pretty much equivalent to a
password.
miguel