how to download a file in php? [duplicate]

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How to download a file to server PHP?

hello,

i'm trying to write a simple php code to download a file from a server.....can someone guide me how to do it....i've trying to find some guide but each of them is so confusing that i can make anything out of it.......

any help will be highly appreciated....

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If you're trying to download a simple text file, you can use file(), or file_get_contents():

file('http://url/to/file.txt') will return an array of lines
file_get_contents('http://url/to/file.txt') will return the file as a string

Alternatively, when the data type is binary for example, you can use the following snippet, found at php.net

<?php
$filename = "/usr/local/something.txt"; // This can also be an url to an external file
$handle = fopen($filename, "rb");
$contents = stream_get_contents($handle);
fclose($handle);
?>

Now you could for example write the contents to a file.

Hope this helps.

[Edit] Apologies, I pasted the wrong snippet, this should be the right one

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The manual page on file_get_contents() provides a full working example.

If you encounter problems with it, you can ask a specific question.

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Just make use of the php copy function:

if (!copy('http://www.example.com/file.jpg', '/path/to/dir/newfile.jpg')) 
{
    echo "failed to copy $file...\n";
}