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[Solved]Download a file from an external server using PHP

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Mike
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O.P. [Solved]Download a file from an external server using PHP

Hello..

I need to download an ASCII file from an external server to the server PHP is hosted, using PHP.

The reason I want to do this, is because I need to work with a file located in an external server.

I tried opening the file directly by passing the url as the file to open, but it said that allow_url_fopen is disabled.

I was suggested to use mod_socket to download the file, but it seems that mod_socket is disabled, because when I try to use socket_create; it says that I'm making a call to an undefined function...

So what can I do to download the file?

Thanks. :wavespam:

This post was edited on 07-07-2006 at 09:23 PM by Mike.

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07-07-2006 08:39 PM

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RE: Download a file from an external server using PHP

code:
function geturl($url)
{
$ch = curl_init();

curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, $url);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HEADER, 0);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER , 1);

$out = curl_exec($ch);
curl_close($ch);
return $out;
}

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07-07-2006 09:19 PM

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O.P. RE: Download a file from an external server using PHP

Thanks segosa, working fine

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07-07-2006 09:23 PM

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