[thelist] send HTTP authentication from PHP page?

[Michal Migurski]

> Hi all, does anyone know if is possible for a PHP page to send the 
> correct headers to login to another page that requires HTTP 
> authentication? I am trying to connect our intranet site automatically 
> to our webmail Exchange server, which requires HTTP authentication. 
> Thanks!

See "2. Basic Authentication Scheme" at 
http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc2617.html

In your request headers, send the following:
	Authorization: Basic QWxhZGRpbjpvcGVuIHNlc2FtZQ==

...where that gobbbledygook at the end is "username:password" in base64.

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