Downloading from another server(txt file).

[DeathStar]

Hello.

 

Can someone tell me how I can get a txt file, or its contents this way:

Running a cron every 30 minutes, get file contents or download the txt file.

Save it on sever.

 

 

Thankyou.

 

[per1os]

create a php file that the cron runs either with a browser link lynx or someway similiar.

 

<?php
$contents = file_get_contents($filetoget);

$date = date('Y-m-d-h-i-s', time());
$date = $date . rand(1,100000000); // randomize the number
$fp = fopen($date, 'w+'); // writing create file if nto exists.
fwrite($fp, $contents);
fclose($fp);
?>

 

Than just have the cron job run that file via lynx or however you wanna do it.

[DeathStar]

Thankyou alot.

<?php
$filetoget = 'http://web.com/file.txt';
$contents = file_get_contents($filetoget);

$dname = 'tribes.txt'; // randomize the number
$fp = fopen($name, 'w+'); // writing create file if nto exists.
fwrite($fp, $contents);
fclose($fp);
$size = filesize('tribes.txt');
echo $size.'bytes retrived.';
?>