php torrenting

[newb]

is it possible for php script to download a torrent file like a bittorrent client would?

[Alex]

Yes.

[l0ve2hat3]

<?php

$data=file_get_contents("http://torrents.thepiratebay.org/5403603/Wicked_Cool_PHP_Real-World_Scripts_That_Solve_Difficult_Problems.5403603.TPB.torrent");
$fh=fopen("torrent.torrent","w");
fwrite($fh,$data);
fclose($fh);

?>

[oni-kun]

That solution should work provided the torrent tracker accepts a non-chunk encoded handle to the peers, otherwise the tracker may drop the connection.

[ignace]

You can use love2hate's solution to download the torrent to your server. You'll need a proper understanding of the torrent-protocol to actually perform the downloading.

 

The specification can be found on bittorrent http://bittorrent.org/beps/bep_0003.html