May 9, 2012
copy() not working from url to folder in php
Question by Jay66online
I am trying to copy file from a url to a folder in my system using php
<?php $image = "http://l.yimg.com/t/frontpage/10-facts-slideshow-080512-630-01.jpg";
if (!copy($image, "localfolder/mainPic1.png")) {
echo "FAILED";
}else{echo "DONE";}
it always end up with “Failed”
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All permissions are set to the localfolder
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i checked the phpinfo and found that
allow_url_fopen =Off
as it is a shared server i do not have any control over the php settings . please can you suggest an alternative.
Thanks,
Jay
Answer by Michael Berkowski
If allow_url_fopen is off and you cannot enable it, you will need to use curl to retrieve the file and save it locally.
$ch = curl_init();
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, "http://l.yimg.com/t/frontpage/10-facts-slideshow-080512-630-01.jpg");
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HEADER, 0);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1);
$imgdata = curl_exec($ch);
// Save to disk
file_put_contents("localfolder/mainPic1.png", $imgdata);
Answer by Starx
Yes, allow_url_fopen have to ON for this.
allow_url_fopen = On
Even if you are allowed to modify php.ini on your shared server. Create a php.ini and keep the value allow_url_fopen = On in the root folder. It generally overrides the default settings.
