Date: 06/09/06 (Java Web)    Keywords: php

Using cURL (in PHP) to access https url is often not as simple as using the proper url. Using it for authentication is also not very clearly documented. This is a mini tutorial for both accessing https url’s as well as for http authentication. The following is a simple example which show the most common options [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/how-to-use-curl-in-php-for-authentication-and-ssl-communication/