[SOLVED] How to download a file with php?

[ZuriJAckshoT]

Dear All,

 

I know how to make a http request with php using CURL extention. My question is "Can I make a http download request to a server from my php script and save it?"

 

Any Advice Is Valued.

 

Best Regards,

Zuri JAckshoT

[genericnumber1]

You don't really have to even use curl for this, you could use file_get_contents() or fopen(). It is definitely possible to do this in curl, it's just a bit overkill.

[ZuriJAckshoT]

You don't really have to even use curl for this, you could use file_get_contents() or fopen(). It is definitely possible to do this in curl, it's just a bit overkill.

 

Thanks you 

 

Can I download binary files such as picture and movie files with those functions?

[genericnumber1]

Yes, you may have to worry with big files though and not load them into memory all at once. You could stream it to save a huge memory hit all at once (but increase execution time), there is a good example of this here... http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.fread.php (the bottom example that uses feof.)

[ZuriJAckshoT]

Yes, Thank you very much. I think that's explains pretty much I need to know about. I think this topic is solved. :)