SSL and fopen or curl question

[rich914]

I am working on a web site for a client and need to know if my client will need to purchase/rent a SSL secure certificate.

I need to create a connection using either fopen() or curl and send an HTTPS Post and receive a response back.

Since the server that I connect to has a secure certificate, will my client also need one?

I kinda feel like they will not, just need to be sure!

Thanks

Richard

 

[sleipnir214]

If PHP is going to be the client in the communication, the you do not need an SSL certificate -- just like a browser, PHP will use the certificate on the foreign server.



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[sleipnir214]

ADDENDUM:
You will, however, need a PHP installation that has SSL libraries available to it.



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