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I seem to recall a method of using fopen as a HTTP request function while passing it user/pass credentials to authenticate against protected directories...
I've looked quickly at the fopen PHP docs and couldn't find anything...
I'm not sure, thats the syntax I have seen before but does it work?
I recall that being deprecated - that might have just been when you use that URL syntax with browsers...but I guess the only way to tell is to try it and find out