[SOLVED] Working with External Images

[Gafaddict]

Hi guys,

 

At the moment I'm writing a script which deals with the possibility of analyzing a file that is not on my server -- rather, it is located on another server and a completely different domain. Say the image is http://www.example.com/logo.jpg.

 

The script needs to find out the dimensions of logo.jpg when a user inputs that string into a textbox. I know how to get the dimensions of an image on the server, but how would I get the dimensions of an external image? Is it even possible?

 

If that is not possible, how would one go about copying that external image from the URL to their own server? I've seen this done before in phpBB before but they don't seem to have any documentation about it.

 

Thanks in advance,

[MadTechie]

same way as any other image...

<?php
$path= "http://www.example.com/logo.jpg";
$size = getimagesize($path);
//or even
$path = urlencode($path);
$size = getimagesize($path);
?>

 

EDIT:

also you can use copy to copy the image or imagecreatefromjpeg, providing fopen wrappers have been enabled

[Gafaddict]

MadTechie,

 

The first option worked fine. Thanks!