How can I access a data log?

Max_CR

Hi. I am trying to access a file stored on a remote server. In order to access it, I need to enter in a username and password, but I want the process to be automatic.

I am trying to access: https://host402.hostmonster.com:2083/getaccesslog/accesslog_abcabcdog.com_7_16_2012.gz

It requires a password and username. How could I use php to automatically download this file or at least access it?

bradgrafelman

One way would be to use [man]stream_context_create/man like:

$context = stream_context_create(array(
    'http' => array(
        'header'  => "Authorization: Basic " . base64_encode("username:password")
    )
));

and then passing that context on to a function like [man]file_get_contents/man.

Another would be to use [man]cURL[/man] and set the CURLOPT_USERPWD option (see the man page for [man]curl_setopt/man).

Max_CR

Can you be more specific? Do I replace "username" and "password" with my username and password? Is that the peramiters? I can't tell. Also, how do I pass the information to the "get file contents"

Max_CR

Also, where do I put in the website address?

bradgrafelman

Max CR;11008703 wrote:
Can you be more specific? Do I replace "username" and "password" with my username and password?

Yes, that's the general idea.

Max CR;11008703 wrote:
Is that the peramiters? I can't tell.

If "peramiters" are anything like parameters, then yes, in a sense you could say they are parameters for the stream context that is being created. The manual page for [man]stream_context_create/man explains what the function expects and even gives coding examples.

Max CR;11008703 wrote:
Also, how do I pass the information to the "get file contents"

Again, the manual is your friend; the manual page for [man]file_get_contents/man shows you how to pass in a context resource (again both by describing the appropriate parameter in the function call as well as by giving a coding example - see example #4).

Max CR;11008705 wrote:
Also, where do I put in the website address?

Well, if you're using [man]file_get_contents/man, the first parameter would be a good choice.

Max_CR

Thank you. This is what I have for code:

<?php
// Create a stream
$context = stream_context_create(array( 
    'http' => array( 
     'header'  => "Authorization: Basic " . base64_encode("cleaveruction.com:mypassword.") 
    ) 
));  

// Open the file using the HTTP headers set above
$file = file_get_contents('https://host402.hostmonster.com:2083/getaccesslog/accesslog_cleaveruction.com_7_16_2012.gz', false, $context);

print_r($file);

?>

This is the error message I am getting:

Warning: file_get_contents(https://host402.hostmonster.com:2083/getaccesslog/accesslog_cleaveruction.com_7_16_2012.gz) [function.file-get-contents]: failed to open stream: HTTP request failed! HTTP/1.1 401 Access Denied in /home3/cleaverc/public_html/submit_form_php.php on line 10

bradgrafelman

Forgot you were using HTTPS - change the first (outer) index in the array passed to stream_context_create() to be 'https' rather than 'http'.

Max_CR

I changed the code to the following.

<?php
// Create a stream
$context = stream_context_create(array( 
    'https' => array( 
    'header'  => "Authorization: Basic " . base64_encode("username:password") 
    ) 
));  

// Open the file using the HTTP headers set above
$file = file_get_contents('https://host402.hostmonster.com:2083/getaccesslog/accesslog_cleaveruction.com_7_16_2012.gz', false, $context);

print_r($file);

?>

I still get the following error message:

Warning: file_get_contents(https://host402.hostmonster.com:2083/getaccesslog/accesslog_cleaveruction.com_7_16_2012.gz) [function.file-get-contents]: failed to open stream: HTTP request failed! HTTP/1.1 401 Access Denied in /home3/cleaverc/public_html/submit_form_php.php on line 10

Bunkermaster

You could always try with cURL...

http://php.net/manual/fr/book.curl.php

$submit_url = "https://host402.hostmonster.com:2083/getaccesslog/accesslog_cleaveruction.com_7_16_2012.gz"; 
$curl = curl_init(); 
curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_HTTPAUTH, CURLAUTH_BASIC ) ; 
curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_USERPWD, "username:password");
// rest is easy

If it fails, check your apache server error logs and try to see what's wrong from both sides.

bradgrafelman

If you're getting "401 Access Denied", that likely means the username and password you supplied in the stream context were rejected. Are you sure you've got the correct username, followed by a colon, followed by the correct password (and no other characters)?

Max_CR

The usernames and passwords I put in there are correct. I tried using the CURL exmaple but I cant figure out how to finish it. What comes next?

bradgrafelman

If you've got no other options to set, all that's left is to execute the cURL session ([man]curl_exec/man) and see what gets returned. (However, I suspect you have at least one other option you'd want to set, such as CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER.)