RE: [PHP] Re: Making a Client-side HTTPS Request

AHhh ... got it. If my ISP won't install CURL & they don't have the application, can I download binaries to my directory & execute it from there using PHP? or, does the executable have to run with special permissions? > -----Original Message----- > From: Austin Marshall [mailto:amars@pdq.net] > Sent: Monday, May 06, 2002 1:35 PM > To: Jonathan Rosenberg > Cc: php-general@lists.php.net > Subject: Re: [PHP] Re: Making a Client-side HTTPS Request > > > What i meant was the actual curl application is > installed on the server. > Accessible from the command line at, for example, > /usr/local/bin/curl > > With PHP you can execute commands via the command line > via system(), > exec() or via the backtick (for example > $output=`/usr/local/bin/curl > <request>`;) operator. > > You also might be able to load the extension via dl() > and compile it on > your own, but i wouldn't recommend that. > > First try the command line option, then ask your ISP > to install then > extension. > > Jonathan Rosenberg wrote: > > I'm quite new to PHP (though I have lots of programming > > experience, web & otherwise). > > > > Where can I learn more about what "installed and > available from > > the command line" means? > > > > > >>-----Original Message----- > >>From: Austin Marshall [mailto:amars@pdq.net] > >>Sent: Monday, May 06, 2002 1:19 PM > >>To: Jonathan Rosenberg > >>Cc: php-general@lists.php.net > >>Subject: [PHP] Re: Making a Client-side HTTPS Request > >> > >> > >>Jonathan Rosenberg wrote: > >> > >>>I would like to be able to make a client side HTTPS > >> > >>request from > >> > >>>one of my pages. From searching around, I see that I can do > >>>everything I want using the CURL library. But the > >> > >>ISP I am using > >> > >>>does not have the CURL library installed. > >>> > >>>I'll ask them if they'll install this library. > But, assuming > >>>they don't, do I have any other options for doing > >> > >>what I want? > >> > >>>-- > >>>JR > >>> > >> > >>Even if they don't have it compiled into PHP, they > >>might have curl > >>installed and available from the command line. > >> > >> > >>-- > >>PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > >>To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > >> > >> > > > > > > > >