Comments on: Download a Remote File Using PHP

By: damonp

damonp — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 13:32:41 +0000

Yes cURL would be easier, but the caveat in the first sentence of the post is that this is a workaround when cURL is not available on the host or other security features prevent other methods of downloading a remote file.

Back in 2005 when this was written, cURL was not as standard as it is now.

By: SIFE

SIFE — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 12:14:23 +0000

Salamo Alikom
@iallien
use curl ,it is more easy since the knowledge of HTTP protocol is optional .

By: iallien

iallien — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 12:37:24 +0000

how can i downlaod file using PHP??

wat is the code/script for it??

please help me..

By: Mike Robinson

Mike Robinson — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 04:51:20 +0000

Why not just do file_get_contents() ?

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By: sooraj

sooraj — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 08:40:37 +0000

How to read excel data with php ?

By: Bala Krishna

Bala Krishna — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 18:05:34 +0000

What about 2GB file download. I don’t think $buffer variable is able to handle this much of binary data and then save later on disk.. do you have any idea about this.. please share..

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