[SOLVED] http authenticate auto login?

[dj-kenpo]

Hi all,

 

you know the apache built in authenticate boxes? username+password.

is it possible to run a php script that can log into that?

do I send the username/pass as a post?

is this possible?

I've searched everywhere and only found info on making one.

 

I don't want to make one, I want to log into one via  a php script.

 

reason: dreamhost uses that for the login for the stats page, I want to read the data from the page in a php script, but first I need to log in....

 

 

thanks for any help

[simcoweb]

You're better off using a database method of login instead of the .htaccess Apache method. That way you use a nice looking login form instead of that ugly gray box.

[dj-kenpo]

I realize that, but as I said, this is a built in application to my webhost. I cannot remove the ugly grey box.

[simcoweb]

In that case, having a PHP login script is pointless. In other words, it doesn't accomplish anything because all it would do is pull up the same ugly gray box. If that's the method they use then not much you can do with it.

[dj-kenpo]

No, what I'm asking is if there's a way to send the login information via the headers or a post and skip the grey box via an automated login script.

[dj-kenpo]

anyone?

 

the only thing I found was http://username:password@www.domain.com/dir

 

but with $content=file_get_contents("http://username:password@www.domain.com/dir",FALSE,NULL,0,200);

that simply returns "failed to open stream: HTTP request failed! HTTP/1.1 401 Authorization Required".

[dsaba]

ok here's the deal:

 

a user/login page is indeed a form

only way to make a form work, and to post variables to a form process page is to have a HUMAN fill out or press teh submit button

 

HOWEVER you can use the curl library in php and curl functions to use php to submit form variables directlyt to the form processing script

 

research curl functions in php.net, thats how you can POST to a form without actually filling out or pressin teh submit button, a php script can do this

[dj-kenpo]

Thanks Dsaba!

 

the cURL libarary was EXACTLY what I needed and it worked perfectly!