--- Nagendra Prasad <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I'm posting some XML data to my client's website using HTTP Post.
> Assume I'm posting to getxml.php (hosted on my clients server).
> Now my client has put authentication on his website using
> header('WWW-Authenticate: Basic realm="Private Area"');
>
> Now the page getxml.php asks me to prove my identity before it
> acceps my xml posts. So how do I send the username & pwd when I'm
> posting the xml details?
Include an Authorization header, which should look something like this:
Authorization: Basic bXluYW1lOm15cGFzcw==
The encoded string is just the result of this:
base64_encode('myname:mypass')
Substitute with the correct username and password.
Hope that helps.
Chris
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