Copy file from remote server url to our own server
Published by Aslam
Here is how we can Save a file from url using PHP.
<?php
$file = 'http://somewebsite.com/somefile.avi';
$newfile = 'video.avi';
if (!copy($file, $newfile)) {
echo "failed to copy $file...\n";
}
?>
Code Explained
<?php
$file = 'http://somewebsite.com/somefile.avi'; //Store the path to remote file to variable $file.
$newfile = 'video.avi'; //Declaring where and in what name the remote file to be saved on our server.
if (!copy($file, $newfile)) { //Checking if there any errors in copying if do
echo "failed to copy $file...\n"; //Displaying a message in page as "Copy failed".
}
//if there is no errors, the file will be copied when the page loading ends.
?>
PHP Function used
copy()
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