[thelist] PHP fopen https

[Burhan Khalid]

Drew Shiel wrote:

> 
> I'm doing some work in PHP (v 4.3.4), which I haven't done much of in 
> years. I'm running into a problem with the fopen() function. I'm using 
> it thus:
> 
> $handle = 
> fopen("https://username:passwd@my.server.com/file.php?parameter=fred", 
> "r");
> 
> And I'm getting:
> 
> Warning: fopen(https://...@my.server.com/file.php?parameter=fred): 
> failed to open stream: No such file or directory in 
> /path/to/script/directory/script.php on line 8
> 
> As I understand it, fopen() should see the "https://" and do the http 
> request. My hypotheses:
> 
> 1) I've a glaring error in the code there.
> 2) OpenSSL support has not been compiled in.

1. Looks okay to me, assuming the obvious (file exists, remote server is 
up, etc).

2. Look for --with-openssl= in your Configure Command section of 
phpinfo() output, or you can scroll down and check for the openssl 
section.  On my server, its :

OpenSSL support  enabled
OpenSSL Version  OpenSSL 0.9.7d 17 Mar 2004

Hope this helps