Sockets HTTP / HTTPS Help!

PyroX

Alright, you may want to read this:
http://www.phpbuilder.com/board/showthread.php?s=&threadid=10223621

So you know where I came from.

What do I need to do to initiate a socket on port 443 and perform a get with HTTPS while sending a cookie?

Example:
$svr="asever.com";
$port = 443;

$fch = "/somescript.php";

$userAgent = "Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.0)";

$fp = fsockopen($svr, $port, $errno, $errstr, 30);
if(!$fp) {
echo "$errstr ($errno)<br>\n";
} else {
fputs($fp, "POST $fch HTTPS/1.1\r\nCookie: BrowserTest=Success%3f;\r\n\r\n");
}

ANYONE?

diego25

HTTPS is not as simple as putting the string "HTTPS/1.1" in the HTTP message. For HTTPS to work, you need SSL. Take a look at http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.fsockopen.php
to see how to use SSL or TLS.

Diego

PyroX

Ok, but that is not helpful, so I add: ssl://

it fails because:
Warning: fgets() [function.fgets]: SSL: fatal protocol error

And I cannot seem to find a HTTPS guide anywhere for protocal examples or anything, don't I need to obtain the cert, how do I do that? There are no tutorials yet. Damn.

rohithmr

I think in order to use HTTPS with fsockopen, u need to OpenSSL compiled in.

And also, u can sign ur own Certificate once u have successfully compiled OpenSSL. The only difference is, the browser will keep o asking whether to test that certifiacte when users try to access SSL secured area.

If ur using windows, there are compiled versions of OpenSSL.

PyroX

I have ssl support, I need to know how to communicate via the protocals once connected.

And what form of encryption is SSL?

rohithmr

i mite b rong here, but if all u want to do is post to a SSL scured URL then u can use cURL, since i have never tried this, Im not sure how u go about implementing it, But i am sure u cudd find tutorials on the web

Weedpacket

Originally posted by PyroX
I have ssl support, I need to know how to communicate via the protocals once connected.

As noted on the fsockopen() page, you'll need PHP4.3 to do https with fsockopen(). The cURL option will do the job.

And what form of encryption is SSL?

It's no one encryption algorithm, but a protocol that allows (indeed, requires) an initial negotiation between the client and the server (and certifying authorities) as to what encryption algorithm to use at what strength, swap public keys, verify certificates and so forth (more detail on the OpenSSL site, I'm sure).

It's the absence of this negotiation phase (which would have to be after the socket's opened, but before the request is sent) that causes your inability to use https at present.

PyroX

I have php 4.3 installed, with SSL support, and I am able to open the socket to port 443 and using ssl://host .

The problem is, there is no further information on how to communicate to that socket once connected.

Anyone have any other ideas on how to post data to [url]https://[/url] pages via php CODE ONLY?

I am getting these fatal protocal errors.

No curl please, I want the socket.

fredouille

Originally posted by PyroX
I have php 4.3 installed, with SSL support, and I am able to open the socket to port 443 and using ssl://host .

The problem is, there is no further information on how to communicate to that socket once connected.

Anyone have any other ideas on how to post data to [url]https://[/url] pages via php CODE ONLY?

I am getting these fatal protocal errors.

No curl please, I want the socket.

got the same pb Pyrox....I think a communication with the open ssl functions : http://ro.php.net/manual/en/function.openssl-open.php

if you find more...tell us...