hello

After banging my head against google i have decided to post here. 🙁 I have ssl and curl installed on my server.
i need to know what are ssl certificates and how do i use them with php so that i can use https.

Any kind aof help would be greatly appreciated!!!

Thanks in advance

    SSL certificates tend to be handled at the server level versus the PHP level.

    I'd recommend checking out some SSL certificate providers. They have a LOT of documentation depending on what flavor web server (such as Apache, IIS, etc) you're running. To get an SSL cert, its not difficult, but there's a good number of steps you need to follow. The SSL cert provider you go through should have those steps outlined in their documentation.

    If you're the server admin, then you can do this all yourself. If you're hosting from someone, then you'll need to contact the hoster and let them know you need an SSL cert. They may have to do a number of the steps for installing the cert...

      Thanks a lot astroteg!

      Please can u suggest me a simple tutorial .....something i do after i obtain an SSL certificate......I have got to start somewhere and the way i am going leads nowhere
      :bemused: .....

      thanks in advance

        To add to what drew said, you don't have to do much with PHP for SSL.

        You'll want to check out what SSL does exactly. It will help you understand what is going on. Basically, its encrypting the data to and from the client's browser and the web server. Note, this is to the data between the browser and web server. Once the data makes it to the web server, the web server works its magic and then passes the data like it normally would if SSL wasn't in the picture. The only thing you have to do is add the 's' to http to make it https.

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