Fix candidate for Magento core bug: Magento API does not work with HTTP Basic Auth in combination with https backend

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diff --git a/public/app/code/core/Mage/Api/Model/Server/Adapter/Soap.php b/public/app/code/core/Mage/Api/Model/Server/Adapter/Soap.php
index aca1f93..0212822 100644
--- a/public/app/code/core/Mage/Api/Model/Server/Adapter/Soap.php
+++ b/public/app/code/core/Mage/Api/Model/Server/Adapter/Soap.php
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ class Mage_Api_Model_Server_Adapter_Soap
             $phpAuthPw = $this->getController()->getRequest()->getServer('PHP_AUTH_PW', false);

             if ($phpAuthUser && $phpAuthPw) {
-                $wsdlUrl = sprintf("http://%s:%s@%s", $phpAuthUser, $phpAuthPw, str_replace('http://', '', $wsdlUrl ) );
+                $wsdlUrl = sprintf("http://%s:%s@%s", $phpAuthUser, $phpAuthPw, str_replace(array('http://', 'https://'), '', $wsdlUrl ) );
             }
         }