authentication - how to manage in PHP

[alanf]

Hi,

I have hit an area that is beyond my current knowledge, and despite searching can't find an answer. It probably is simple, but at the moment it alludes me.

I have a remote host that I can get and put XML to, and I want to build an app to do just that.

I can access the XML via browsers, however there is basic access http restriction (user and password), which of course I can enter via a browser.

I can write curl scripts to read XML or use file_get_contents if the server allows, but right now I have no idea how to get over the authentication.

Thanks in anticipation to your help or pointers to where I can find out.

Alan

[Derokorian]

See http://us.php.net/manual/en/function.curl-setopt.php

notably CURLOPT_USERPWD A username and password formatted as "[username]:[password]" to use for the connection.

[alanf]

Many thanks for your rapid response.

Simple! I feel a little foolish - RTFM as they say.