Snippet Name: Copy File From Server Description: This will retrieve a text file from a remote server and write it to yours. Also see:» Saving Remote Images With PHP » Include All Files In A Directory » More File Type Detection in PHP » Get Current Page URL » Get Current Directory Name » Measure script run time » Write to File example » Check if a file exists » Export table to Excel or MS Word file » Count lines in file » Truncate URLs for clean appearance. » Calculate File Size In Directory Comment: (none) Language: PHP Highlight Mode: PHP Last Modified: March 16th, 2009
Description: This will retrieve a text file from a remote server and write it to yours.
Also see:» Saving Remote Images With PHP » Include All Files In A Directory » More File Type Detection in PHP » Get Current Page URL » Get Current Directory Name » Measure script run time » Write to File example » Check if a file exists » Export table to Excel or MS Word file » Count lines in file » Truncate URLs for clean appearance. » Calculate File Size In Directory
<?PHP $inputfile = FOPEN("http://the-remote-server.com/inputfile.txt", "r"); $outputfile = FOPEN("outputfile.txt", "w"); ECHO "File opened..."; $data = ''; WHILE (!FEOF($inputfile)) { $data .= FREAD($inputfile, 8192); } ECHO "Data read..."; FWRITE($outputfile, $data); ECHO "transfered data"; FCLOSE ($inputfile); FCLOSE ($outputfile); ECHO "Done."; ?>
