[PHP] file_get_contents and https

2007-05-31 Thread Bob Hanson
I am new to PHP; using Apache 2.2 and PHP 5/Windows. I'd like to do this: $x = file_get_contents("https://user:[EMAIL PROTECTED]") I get: Warning: file_get_contents(https://...) [function.file-get-contents]: failed to open stream: Invalid argument in ... on line... I think I have the followi

RE: [PHP] file_get_contents and https

2007-05-31 Thread Jay Blanchard
[snip] I am new to PHP; using Apache 2.2 and PHP 5/Windows. I'd like to do this: $x = file_get_contents("https://user:[EMAIL PROTECTED]") I get: Warning: file_get_contents(https://...) [function.file-get-contents]: failed to open stream: Invalid argument in ... on line... [/snip] The warning t

Re: [PHP] file_get_contents and https

2007-05-31 Thread Bob Hanson
Thanks, Jay. I tried it first with a simple "http://"; call, and that worked fine. So unless "https:..." requires something additional in the way of arguments, that doesn't seem to be the issue. I'm hoping someone who has done this remembers what special installation issues there might be. W

Re: [PHP] file_get_contents and https

2007-05-31 Thread David Giragosian
On 5/31/07, Stut <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Bob Hanson wrote: > Thanks, Jay. > > I tried it first with a simple "http://"; call, and that worked fine. So > unless "https:..." requires something additional in the way of > arguments, that doesn't seem to be the issue. > > I'm hoping someone who ha

Re: [PHP] file_get_contents and https

2007-05-31 Thread Stut
Bob Hanson wrote: Thanks, Jay. I tried it first with a simple "http://"; call, and that worked fine. So unless "https:..." requires something additional in the way of arguments, that doesn't seem to be the issue. I'm hoping someone who has done this remembers what special installation issue

Re: [PHP] file_get_contents and https

2007-05-31 Thread Bob Hanson
Problem solved. Thank you all very much for such quick responses. The solution was to get ssleay32.dll from the PHP 5 ZIP distribution and put in my PHP directory. For the record: With Windows and PHP 5 all that is needed to use the https protocol in file_get_contents is to make sure that bo