Retrieve username, password parameters passed through curl

Question

I am trying to send username and password parameters to a url using curl, and I want to retrieve them. I send the parameters to a page, like the following:

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Answer 1

you can find the username and password in the global $_SERVER array

$_SERVER : array
(
     ....
    'PHP_AUTH_USER' => 'the_username'
    'PHP_AUTH_PW' => 'the_password'
)