# Net::HTTPS - phpMan

## NAME
    [Net::HTTPS] - Low-level HTTP over SSL/TLS connection (client)

## VERSION
    version 6.22

## DESCRIPTION
    The "[Net::HTTPS]" is a low-level HTTP over SSL/TLS client. The interface
    is the same as the interface for "[Net::HTTP]", but the constructor takes
    additional parameters as accepted by [IO::Socket::SSL]. The "[Net::HTTPS]"
    object is an "[IO::Socket::SSL]" too, which makes it inherit additional
    methods from that base class.

    For historical reasons this module also supports using "[Net::SSL]" (from
    the Crypt-SSLeay distribution) as its SSL driver and base class. This
    base is automatically selected if available and "[IO::Socket::SSL]" isn't.
    You might also force which implementation to use by setting
    $[Net::HTTPS::SSL_SOCKET_CLASS] before loading this module. If not set
    this variable is initialized from the "PERL_NET_HTTPS_SSL_SOCKET_CLASS"
    environment variable.

## ENVIRONMENT
    You might set the "PERL_NET_HTTPS_SSL_SOCKET_CLASS" environment variable
    to the name of the base SSL implementation (and [Net::HTTPS] base class)
    to use. The default is "[IO::Socket::SSL]". Currently the only other
    supported value is "[Net::SSL]".

## SEE ALSO
    [Net::HTTP], [IO::Socket::SSL]

## AUTHOR
    Gisle Aas <<gisle@activestate.com>>

## COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
    This software is copyright (c) 2001 by Gisle Aas.

    This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
    the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.