Using PEAR behind a proxy server that requires authentication
I kept getting this error:
pear list-all File http://pear.php.net:80/rest/c/categories.xml not valid (received: HTTP/1.0 407 Proxy Authentication Required )
The error was because my proxy required an authentication. To use PEAR behind a proxy that requires authentication use this:
pear config-set http_proxy http://username:password@yourproxy:80
You can change 80 to the port of your proxy.
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Blog » Using PEAR behind a proxy server that requires authentication added these pithy words on Mar 25 08 at 5:14 AMThank you for google that I found your site and this page! You save my time with PEAR.
Alex added these pithy words on
May 08 08 at
4:55 PM
jobano added these pithy words on Thanks, always good to type ‘tool authenticated proxy’ and get the answer in 10 seconds
michael added these pithy words on
Aug 19 08 at
8:34 AM
Thank you very much for your help!
I had the same problem and found your blog via google.
Greetings from Berlin/Germany!
Michael
Michael S. added these pithy words on
Sep 03 08 at
6:48 PM
Also, if your password contains a pipe character “|” you will have to enclose the entire proxy url in quotes (ie: “http://user:th|s@proxyserver:80″)
Jeff J. added these pithy words on
Oct 10 08 at
8:11 AM
just wondering if there’s a way we can set this up by editing pear.bat (for Windows)… would it be something like:
SET http_proxy=”http://proxy.somewhere.net”- or does this just not work?
Tom Pasley added these pithy words on
Oct 30 08 at
8:15 AM
Hi Tom, I have not tried doing this in Windows. At work, I use Windows, but I have PHP and the rest of the stuff in a *nix box.
Wenbert added these pithy words on
Oct 30 08 at
9:03 AM
But how can we do when the username contains an arobase ?
Progi1984 added these pithy words on
Dec 26 08 at
9:02 PM
i think you can enclose the username in double quotes. my username contains the @-sign and i am able to use pear behind a proxy
Wenbert added these pithy words on
Dec 26 08 at
9:05 PM
Like this
pear config-set http_proxy http://”myusername@myfai”:mypass@myproxy:8080 ?That doesn’t run !
Progi1984 added these pithy words on
Dec 26 08 at
9:13 PM
try pear config-set http_proxy “http://myusername@myfai”:mypass@myproxy:8080
Wenbert added these pithy words on
Dec 26 08 at
10:50 PM
Bad news !
Connection to `myfai:mypass@myproxy:8080′ failed:
Progi1984 added these pithy words on
Dec 26 08 at
11:19 PM
Just wanted to thank you for a really good post. I found it quite useful and will check your site often.
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Jan 30 09 at
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