Apache, SSL and PHP port issues

[asmith3006]

Hi,

 

I've managed to setup my debian box with apache, php and ssl but it's behaving a bit strangely.

 

First of all I don't get the $_SERVER['HTTPS'] variable (not shown on print_r($_SERVER) and the port that the system accesses it on is strange.

 

If I type in "http://myurl.co.uk" it works fine, $_SERVER says I'm on port 80 just right. If I then type in https://myurl.co.uk it STILL says it's on port 80. I have to type https://myurl.co.uk:443 to make it go to 443 and then it rewrites the URL as https://myurl.co.uk (i.e. it drops the port number).

 

This is obviously really annoying as it means I need to  make all my links :443 from the page to make it work properly. Why is this happening?

 

Thanks

 

Andrew.