----- Original Message ----- From: "Steve Miller" > This is working OK, except that any https link that > I try to fopen comes back false, even when I know > it is a good link. Is there something I need to add > within the script to allow me to open a secure file?
Ahh. Hmmm. What a good question. Apparently fopen() never used to open https:// links but: "As of PHP 4.3.0, if you have compiled in support for OpenSSL, you may use "https://"; to open an HTTP connection over SSL. " Further Googling on "php fopen https" gets: "...Playing with fopen("https://xxx";, "r") it seems that HTTPS is only supported with OpenSSL AND PHP 4.3 . Older versions of PHP don't seem to be able to do this. "... "I just wanted to note that as of php 4.3.3, there is a bug in the SSL-specific code for mechanisms like fread, fopen, and readfile. The symptom of this bug is an extra warning message upon attempting to read a file over https. The warning message indicates: "SSL: Fatal protocol error". There is a patch which fixes this bug. For more details, please see: http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=23220 "... "To get the https wrapper working on Windows, you need to replace your php4ts.dll with the one provided at http://ftp.proventum.net/pub/php/win32/misc/openssl/. This is instead of using the php_openssl.dll, so be sure to comment this extension in your php.ini. "... Seems like, if you have to accept and check https: links, you need to either find another way to do it (maybe something really Gothic using Perl) or save them and check manually! ____ • The WDVL Discussion List from WDVL.COM • ____ To Join wdvltalk, Send An Email To: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Send Your Posts To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To set a personal password send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the words: "set WDVLTALK pw=yourpassword" in the body of the email. To change subscription settings to the wdvltalk digest version: http://wdvl.internet.com/WDVL/Forum/#sub ________________ http://www.wdvl.com _______________________ You are currently subscribed to wdvltalk as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
