retrieving a file behind basic auth.

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Hi,

I'm trying to retrieve a file from a URL. This file is password protected with basic authentication, so I can't just use file() or something. I'll need to send some login headers, so I need to use a socket.

The problem is:
It doesn't receive anything.
Connecting to the server always succeeds, but the reading of the file (fgets) takes forever.
I varied all kinds of things. The current for() loop is my 5th attempt.

Am I forgetting something? Is there an easier way?

This is my code:

class adsl_status_update{

var $file_uri;
var $file_host;

var $username;
var $password;

var $STD_mysql_conn;

function adsl_status_update( $niet_doen = false ){

	$this->file_uri		= 'index.php';
	$this->file_host	= 'www.phpbuilder.com';
	$this->username		= '';
	$this->password		= '';

	global $STD_mysql_conn;
	$this->STD_mysql_conn =& $STD_mysql_conn;

	if( !$niet_doen ){

		$this->retrieve_file();

	}

}

function retrieve_file(){

	set_time_limit( 100 );

	$fp = fsockopen($this->file_host, 80, $errno, $errstr, 1);

	echo "connected!!!<hr>";
	if( !$fp ){
		echo $errno." ".$errstr;
	}else{

		// th plan was the following, but I'm trying to get a simpler version to work first.

		//fputs ($fp, "GET /".$this->file_uri." HTTP/1.0\r\nHost: ".$this->file_host."\r\nAuthorization: Basic ".base64_encode( $this->username . ":" . $this->password )."\r\n");

		fputs ($fp, "GET /".$this->file_uri." HTTP/1.0\r\nHost: ".$this->file_host."\r\n");

		echo "question asked<hr>";
		flush();

// exit();
// if I interrupt the script here, it echo's all yells above like it should.

		for( $i = 0;$fiets = fgets ($fp,16) and $i < 100 and !feof($fp); $i++ ){
			echo "$i: $fiets<br>";
			flush();
		}

		fclose( $fp );
	}

}

}