[SOLVED] PHP Username and Password Connect

[tommyboy123x]

should be easy -- how do you connect to a website to download a file with a username and password?

 

just one of those mental blocks i guess thanks 

[revraz]

Not really sure what you are asking.  Are you looking for just a basic user authentication tutorial?

[trq]

curl.

[tommyboy123x]

I just want to be able to download a specific file with a script but i need to authenticate myself first because the file is generated by a password protected script.

 

how?

[tommyboy123x]

cURL does this?

[tommyboy123x]

$ch = curl_init();
$handle = fopen("file.txt", "w");
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, "$url");
curl_setopt($ch,CURLOPT_USERPWD,"user:password");
curl_setopt($ch,CURLOPT_FILE,$handle);
curl_exec($ch);

 

thanks.  i looked back and found i just typed in "http://user:pass@domain.com" to connect authenticated sessions