I have SSL, now what?

[Anon]

I am using the free hosting at http://freephp.digiro.net. Among other things, they are providing SSL. I have my SSL keys in a folder in my account. Now the problem is that I don't know how to go about it!
Can anybody be so kind as to guide me step by step, how can i put my forms etc. on SSL(https)? What I need to do, any modification in my php coding or whatever.

thanks,
Saurabh Kumar

[kparker]

There's very little to do.

(1) To get the page to access via https, just use https:// instead of http:// as the scheme when typing the URL in the browser location bar or when writing links.

(2) To enforce that a particular script can only be accessed via https, test that it's being loaded that way by saying, e.g.:

if ($SERVER_PORT != '443')
    {
    header('Location: /');
    exit;
    }

NB port 443 is common for https, but just like the main http port can be configured to anything the site wants to use.

[Anon]

Thank you for the prompt reply, but things are not working as expected.
One of my test form is http://saurabh.freephp.digiro.net/register.htm

but when i type https://saurabh.freephp.digiro.net/register.htm

it is not opening. Do I also have to upload the html files, to be called from https, in a separate folder or something?

thanks,
Saurabh Kumar

[kparker]

The server should be able to serve the same files either way. Alas, this is a sign that either the server isn't really serving https, or maybe you have a router, firewall, or proxy server in between that's forwarding port 80 but not 443.

That is, if you're using Apache. If not, all bets are off.