On Wed, Nov 19, 2008 at 12:15 PM, Andrew Ballard <aballard@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Wed, Nov 19, 2008 at 9:26 AM, Thiago H. Pojda <thiago.pojda@xxxxxxxxx> > wrote: > > Guys, > > > > I have to access a WS that uses HTTP auth directly with PHP. > > > > I've tried using the usual http://user:pw@xxxxxxxxxxx/ but I couldn't > get it > > working. I believe it has something to do with the password containing a > # > > (can't change it) and the browser thinks it's an achor or something. > > > > All I've seen were scripts to implement HTTP Auth in PHP, nothing about > > actually logging in with PHP. > > > > Is it possible to send the authentication headers the first time I access > > the link? I could send all necessary headers to the page I'm trying to > > access and retrieve it's content at once. > > > > > > Thanks, > > -- > > Thiago Henrique Pojda > > > > You're passing the username and password as part of a URL, so > shouldn't the username and password be urlencoded? I'm thinking it > will work if you replace the '#' sign with %23. > > Andrew > I only tried thworing urlencode on everything, which obviously didn't work. Both ways worked, using %23 for '#' and the snippet from Nathan. Thanks a lot everyone, I was about to build all the headers and stuff :P Regards, -- Thiago Henrique Pojda
