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Connecting to OFX via PHP?

         

JAB Creations

8:49 am on Sep 9, 2010 (gmt 0)

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I've discovered that instead of going to my bank site directly that I can pull information from my bank via something called OFX. The only problem is that I'm not sure how to connect to the bank site with PHP. I've thought about using cURL especially since it supports HTTPS as I have not seen anything official as far as server to server access, merely information about software to server access. Is cURL what I should use in this regard or is there a more official channel I can go through that does not involve any third parties? OFX documentation was not helpful at all in this regard.

- John

coopster

11:50 am on Sep 9, 2010 (gmt 0)

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cURL is software running on your server. The access is still server-to-server, and you are using software called cURL. It's not 3rd party, it is a library/package running on your server. It is perfect for server-to-server communications.