What i meant was the actual curl application is installed on the server. Accessible from the command line at, for example, /usr/local/bin/curl
With PHP you can execute commands via the command line via system(), exec() or via the backtick (for example $output=`/usr/local/bin/curl <request>`;) operator. You also might be able to load the extension via dl() and compile it on your own, but i wouldn't recommend that. First try the command line option, then ask your ISP to install then extension. Jonathan Rosenberg wrote: > I'm quite new to PHP (though I have lots of programming > experience, web & otherwise). > > Where can I learn more about what "installed and available from > the command line" means? > > >>-----Original Message----- >>From: Austin Marshall [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >>Sent: Monday, May 06, 2002 1:19 PM >>To: Jonathan Rosenberg >>Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>Subject: [PHP] Re: Making a Client-side HTTPS Request >> >> >>Jonathan Rosenberg wrote: >> >>>I would like to be able to make a client side HTTPS >> >>request from >> >>>one of my pages. From searching around, I see that I can do >>>everything I want using the CURL library. But the >> >>ISP I am using >> >>>does not have the CURL library installed. >>> >>>I'll ask them if they'll install this library. But, assuming >>>they don't, do I have any other options for doing >> >>what I want? >> >>>-- >>>JR >>> >> >>Even if they don't have it compiled into PHP, they >>might have curl >>installed and available from the command line. >> >> >>-- >>PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) >>To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php >> >> > > -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
