HI there

I want to upload an image from a given a url.

I know how to do by using the input field file encypting where the user selects a file from their pc but i need to upload an image to my server given a url from another location.

How do i do this please?

Any help would be appreciated.

Cheers

Steve

http://php.net/manual/en/features.remote-files.php

HI

My file is an image

Originally Posted by numbenator

My file is an image

It shouldn't matter what type of file it is. You can use file_get_contents to read in the remote file so long as allow_url_fopen is enabled in your php.ini

PHP Code:

$url = 'http://example.com/someimage.jpg';

$image_content = file_get_contents($url); 


From there you can just store the data in a file or output it (make sure you use header() to specify the correct content type before you output it).

Ah ok i see.
thanks very much.
Ill give it a shoot this evening and post my results.

Cheers

Steve

if you have url_fopen disabled you can
cURL or simple copy('http://sa', 'location')

I *think* copy requires allow_url_fopen to be enabled. I know fsockopen does not, but using it to retrieve a file means writing the request headers manually which is a little difficult.

Here is a function in use in cases where I can't assume url_fopen is enabled:

http://tinsology.net/2010/12/fetchin...ontent-in-php/