Lets make something clear from the very start: JUST BECAUSE THERE IS https:// IN THE URL OF THE REMOTE SERVICE IT DOES NOT MEAN THE CONNECTION IS SECURE!

I am sorry for the tone of this post but i am enraged by how popular this issue is online. If you ask why i suggest a little experiment.

Steps to follow

• Change your host file settings to point something like www.somedomain.com to your development server
• Create a self signed certificate for this domain and setup a https virtual host to serve it on local IP or alias
• Put a test file on that URL
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Sometimes we have to automate some pages testing or loading content or whatever. CURL is an excelent library for any HTTP interfacing.

If you ever have to connect to a server and ask for particular server name you can do it with curl setopt parameters. If you want to get file /index.php from www.mytopsite.com from particular IP (without adding any /etc/hosts mappings) you can do it like this:

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