Question

I’m trying to use simplexml to load an xml file from a server:

$xml = simplexml_load_file($xml_query);

The server needs HTTP authentication, so (unsurprisingly) I get an error message:

HTTP request failed! HTTP/1.1 401
Unauthorized

Is it possible to pass my username and password to the server using this function?

EDIT

If anyone can tell me a more secure way to do this, I’d be grateful.

Answer 1

You should be able to prepend the username and password to the URL you’re opening. Instead of

http://link.to/file.xml

try

http://username:[e-mail]/file.xml