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@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -Updated: February 2, 2001 (http://curl.haxx.se/docs/faq.shtml) +Updated: February 12, 2001 (http://curl.haxx.se/docs/faq.shtml) _ _ ____ _ ___| | | | _ \| | / __| | | | |_) | | @@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ FAQ 3.7 Can I use curl to delete/rename a file through FTP? 3.8 How do I tell curl to follow HTTP redirects? 3.9 How do I use curl in PHP? + 3.10 What about SOAP, WEBDAV, XML-RPC or similar protocols over HTTP? 4. Running Problems 4.1 Problems connecting to SSL servers. @@ -106,8 +107,8 @@ FAQ or with PHP. Curl is not a single-OS program. Curl exists, compiles, builds and runs - under a wide range of operating systems, including all modern Unixes, - Windows, Amiga, BeOS, OS/2, OS X, QNX etc. + under a wide range of operating systems, including all modern Unixes (and a + bunch of older ones too), Windows, Amiga, BeOS, OS/2, OS X, QNX etc. 1.4 When will you make curl do XXXX ? @@ -230,7 +231,7 @@ FAQ You can't simply use -F or -d at your choice. The web server that will receive your post assumes one of the formats. If the form you're trying to - "fake" sets the type to 'multipart/form-data', than and only then you must + "fake" sets the type to 'multipart/form-data', then and only then you must use the -F type. In all the most common cases, you should use -d which then causes a posting with the type 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded'. @@ -294,6 +295,16 @@ FAQ invoke the curl tool using a command line. This is the way to use curl if you're using PHP3 or PHP4 built without curl module support. + 3.10 What about SOAP, WEBDAV, XML-RPC or similar protocols over HTTP? + + Curl adheres to the HTTP spec, which basically means you can play with *any* + protocol that is built ontop of HTTP. Protocols such as SOAP, WEBDAV and + XML-RPC are all such ones. You can use -X to set custom requests and -H to + set custom headers (or replace internally generated ones). + + Using libcurl or PHP's curl modules is just as fine and you'd just use the + proper library options to do the same. + 4. Running Problems 4.1. Problems connecting to SSL servers. @@ -426,7 +437,8 @@ FAQ 4.9. Curl can't authenticate to the server that requires NTLM? NTLM is a Microsoft proprietary protocol. Unfortunately, curl does not - currently support that. + currently support that. Proprietary formats are evil. You should not use + such ones. 5. libcurl Issues @@ -512,7 +524,7 @@ FAQ 6. License Issues - NOTE: This section is now updated to concern curl 7.5.2 or later! + NOTE: This section concerns curl 7.5.2 or later! Curl and libcurl are released under a MIT/X derivate license *or* the MPL, the Mozilla Public License. To get a really good answer to your license @@ -530,27 +542,25 @@ FAQ 6.2. I have a closed-source program, can I use the libcurl library? - Yes. + Yes! - libcurl does not put any restrictions on the program that uses the - library. + libcurl does not put any restrictions on the program that uses the library. 6.3. I have a BSD licensed program, can I use the libcurl library? - Yes. + Yes! - libcurl does not put any restrictions on the program that uses the - library. + libcurl does not put any restrictions on the program that uses the library. 6.4. I have a program that uses LGPL libraries, can I use libcurl? - Yes. + Yes! - The LGPL license don't clash with other licenses. + The LGPL license doesn't clash with other licenses. 6.5. Can I modify curl/libcurl for my program and keep the changes secret? - Yes. + Yes! The MIT/X derivate license practically allows you to do almost anything with the sources, on the condition that the copyright texts in the sources are @@ -558,9 +568,11 @@ FAQ 6.6. Can you please change the curl/libcurl license to XXXX? - No. We carefully picked this license years ago and a large amount of people - have contributed with source code knowing that this is the license we - use. This license puts the restrictions we want on curl/libcurl and it does - not spread to other programs or libraries that use it. The recent dual - license modification should make it possible for everyone to use libcurl or - curl in their projects, no matter what license they already have in use. + No. + + We carefully picked this license years ago and a large amount of people have + contributed with source code knowing that this is the license we use. This + license puts the restrictions we want on curl/libcurl and it does not spread + to other programs or libraries that use it. The recent dual license + modification should make it possible for everyone to use libcurl or curl in + their projects, no matter what license they already have in use. |