#lets check the time
$datestring = strftime "%a, %e %b %Y %H:%M:%S GMT", gmtime;

#set the strings
$method="GET";
$appid="d6468df6c1e8419fb5ec50f62be9a28b";
$appkey="15c7a6e1a5bd73500db29dffd0e19b6c6228b044c64348a6f5d6d470c54fc208";
$path="/xxxxxxxxxxxx/xxxxxxx/api/v1/users/xxxxx/factors";

#build the hash string
$step1="$method\\n$datestring\\n$appid\\n$path";


#hmac sha256hash the string


$step2a= encode_base64(hmac_sha256($step1, pack("H*",$appkey)));


$step4="$appid:$step2a";



#encode value from step 4 into base 64
$step5 = encode_base64($step4);


#now add Basic and the value from step 5
$step6 = ("Basic $step5");