Yeah, you can download and install it within your home directory and call it from there. As far as permissions go, "chmod a+x curl" should do it.
Jonathan Rosenberg wrote: > AHhh ... got it. If my ISP won't install CURL & they don't have > the application, can I download binaries to my directory & > execute it from there using PHP? or, does the executable have to > run with special permissions? > > >>-----Original Message----- >>From: Austin Marshall [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >>Sent: Monday, May 06, 2002 1:35 PM >>To: Jonathan Rosenberg >>Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>Subject: Re: [PHP] Re: Making a Client-side HTTPS Request >> >> >>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
