Index: modules/simpletest/tests/common.test
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RCS file: /cvs/drupal/drupal/modules/simpletest/tests/common.test,v
retrieving revision 1.3
diff -u -r1.3 common.test
--- modules/simpletest/tests/common.test	21 Aug 2008 19:36:38 -0000	1.3
+++ modules/simpletest/tests/common.test	28 Aug 2008 08:40:38 -0000
@@ -128,6 +128,10 @@
       'group' => t('System')
     );
   }
+  
+  function setUp() {
+    parent::setUp('drupal_http_request_test');
+  }
 
   function testDrupalHTTPRequest() {
     $missing_scheme = drupal_http_request('example.com/path');
@@ -136,4 +140,19 @@
     $unable_to_parse = drupal_http_request('http:///path');
     $this->assertEqual($unable_to_parse->error, 'unable to parse URL', t('Returned with unable to parse URL error.'));
   }
+  
+  function testDrupalHTTPRequestBasicAuth() {
+    $username = $this->randomName();
+    $password = $this->randomName();
+    $url = url('drupal_http_request_test', array('absolute' => TRUE));
+    
+    $auth = str_replace('http://', 'http://' . $username . ':' . $password .'@', $url);
+    $result = drupal_http_request($auth);
+    
+    // We use strpos directly.
+    // assertRaw() cannot be used because we are getting the data
+    // in a variable instead of $this->_content.
+    $this->assertTrue(strpos($result->data, $username) !== FALSE, t('$_SERVER[\'PHP_AUTH_USER\'] is passed correctly.'));
+    $this->assertTrue(strpos($result->data, $password) !== FALSE, t('$_SERVER[\'PHP_AUTH_PW\'] is passed correctly.'));
+  }
 }
Index: modules/simpletest/tests/drupal_http_request_test.module
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RCS file: modules/simpletest/tests/drupal_http_request_test.module
diff -N modules/simpletest/tests/drupal_http_request_test.module
--- /dev/null	1 Jan 1970 00:00:00 -0000
+++ modules/simpletest/tests/drupal_http_request_test.module	1 Jan 1970 00:00:00 -0000
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+<?php
+
+/**
+ * Implementation of hook_menu().
+ */
+function drupal_http_request_test_menu() {
+  $items = array();
+  
+  $items['drupal_http_request_test'] = array(
+    'page callback' => 'drupal_http_request_test_basic_auth_page',
+    'access callback' => TRUE, 
+    'type' => MENU_CALLBACK,
+  );
+  
+  return $items;
+}
+
+function drupal_http_request_test_basic_auth_page() {
+  $output = t('$_SERVER[\'PHP_AUTH_USER\'] is @username.', array('@username' => $_SERVER['PHP_AUTH_USER']));
+  $output .= t('$_SERVER[\'PHP_AUTH_PW\'] is @password.', array('@password' => $_SERVER['PHP_AUTH_PW']));
+  return $output; 
+}
Index: modules/simpletest/tests/drupal_http_request_test.info
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RCS file: modules/simpletest/tests/drupal_http_request_test.info
diff -N modules/simpletest/tests/drupal_http_request_test.info
--- /dev/null	1 Jan 1970 00:00:00 -0000
+++ modules/simpletest/tests/drupal_http_request_test.info	1 Jan 1970 00:00:00 -0000
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+; $id$
+name = "drupal_HTTP_request Test"
+description = "Support module for drupal_HTTP_request testing."
+package = Testing
+version = VERSION
+core = 7.x
+files[] = drupal_http_request_test.module
+hidden = TRUE