checking if a file exists on https

[graziano]

Hello,

I am writing a simple php script to check the status of my box .

I have problem to check the status of https
because if I want check if following url

https://somedomain.com/ping.html

exists , neither fileopen neither file_exists are useful https..

Any idea to check if a file exists using https ?

If the file does not exist or if https is not working I should receive an error ? Any idea ?

Thank you
Graziano

[graziano]

Anyone , I tried and tried but for php , https seems to be really unknown ...

I have only to check is a https works on my remote server using php ... is there no way using php ?

[graziano]

why this code fails 🙁

$u = "https://www.mydomain.com";
$fp = fsockopen($u, 443, &$errno, &$errstr, 20); 

what can I do to check https status on my box 🙁 ?