Http Post & Form Post

[obhobh]

Hello. Is there any difference between posting variables using hidden fields in a form to a https server and manually constructing a http post with all the headers and variables then post using the fsockopen command to https server??

Actually, when using the form method. Everything works fine. After submit the form to the https:server, I was redirected to the secure pages where all the variables was being posted. But when I use HTTP Post and posted all the variables, it seems like nothing happens. The secure page does not load at all and I still remains on the same page. Does anyone have any idea on this??? thank you.

[Weedpacket]

Well, the obvious difference is that requests sent to an https server from a browser form have been encrypted by the browser (using a protocol which it has already negotiated with the server), and then decrypts the responses (that being the whole point of SSL). If you use fsockopen(), you'd need to supply the negotiation, encryption, and decryption layer yourself.

I understand cURL can do https transactions, though I haven't had cause to try it.