How do I copy a file from an external server with PHP?

Question

I have to copy JPG from an external server, such as Facebook, to my server.

What is the best way to do so? I though maybe with fread/fopen etc. but I don't know if it is the best way.

This should cover it Along with a few issues http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3938534/download-file-to-server-from-url — Mark Jones, Feb 11 '13 at 13:02
Read the [documentation](http://www.php.net/manual/en/index.php). Almost everything you want to know about PHP can be found there. — Sverri M. Olsen, Feb 11 '13 at 13:09

score 3 · Answer 1 · edited Jan 05 '14 at 15:56

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You can use URLs with most filesystem functions (like copy).

$url = "http://cdn.sstatic.net/stackoverflow/img/sprites.png";
$target = "/tmp/stackoverflow.png";
copy($url, $target);

Do note that you need to have the php.ini setting allow_url_fopen enabled.

edited Jan 05 '14 at 15:56

BenMorel

answered Feb 11 '13 at 13:05

Arnold Daniels

score 1 · Answer 2 · edited Feb 11 '13 at 13:04

1

 $url = 'http://facebook.com/image.jpg';

 $img = '/my/folder/image.jpg';

 file_put_contents($img, file_get_contents($url));

edited Feb 11 '13 at 13:04

Edwin Alex

answered Feb 11 '13 at 13:01

Husman

2 Answers2