https feeds

Submitted by rusty1000 on Fri, 2006-11-03 19:22 in Magic Parser

First, let me just say that this is a great script.

Now, my problem involves accessing feeds on secure URLs (https). I recently switched servers and now find that feeds that reside at https addresses can not be accessed. Everyting worked fine on my previous server but the same php file with the magicparser code will now only pull feeds from unsecure addresses. So, my quess is that something about my php installation configuration is causing this problem, but I don't know what it could be. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,

Rusty

Hi Rusty, For PHP to be able

Submitted by support on Fri, 2006-11-03 19:44

Hi Rusty,

For PHP to be able to fopen() an https feed, you must be running PHP version 4.3 (or later) compiled and running on a machine that has Open SSL installed.

You should be able to find out the current status by running a phpinfo script:

<?php
  phpinfo();
?>

Help this points you in the right direction...

Cheers,
David.

Hi David, Thanks for the

Submitted by rusty1000 on Fri, 2006-11-03 21:35

Hi David,

Thanks for the quick response. Although, I had configured the php-extensions port on my freebsd box to install openssl and it was showing up in phpinfo, it still wasn't working. Apparently, I needed to recompile php with the static openssl extension option enabled in order for fopen to be able to connect with secure URLs. Everything is working fine now.

Thanks,

Rusty