reading source of a page

[Anon]

Hi,

I am using file() function of PHP to read source of a site. It is running via HTTP protocol but via HTTPS not.

While I try like that;

$source=file("https://my.mydomain.com");

it is not running.
PHP returns an error (example. no such file or directory !!).

How can I read source of HTTPS sites?

Kaan...

[brandonschnell]

php's file() function tries to open a simple tcp connection to port 80 of a remote server, sends GET /path/ for the file to retreive, and waits for the results.

however this won't work with https. https requires that the client supports encryption to connect which the function file() doesn't support.

i haven't tried it, but assuming lynx supports https you could try something like:
system("lynx -dump https://www.site.com > /tmp/remote_page");

then grab the source from the /tmp/remote_page file.

[Anon]

Hi,

Firstly, thanks for answer.

I tried to do that by using your way.
But there is a little problem.
My lynx version doesn't support HTTPS urls.
How can I give that support to my lynx?

Thanks again.

Kaan ERDEMIR

[cjones]

You may have to do some dynamic file naming to get that to work in a multi-user environment.

[kparker]

To access https, use Curl; PHP4 has built-in support for it
(though you still have to find and install Curl separately.)

[Anon]

I don't know if it will work for what you want, but you can try a program called wget.

It is on the GNU website.