Re: FN-FORUM: Opening remote files with PHP

date posted 16th August 2006 17:03

Ben Moxon wrote:

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> Steven Lavine wrote:
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>> Ben Moxon wrote:
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>>> Steven Lavine wrote:
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>>>> I'm trying to open a remote image file and save it locally in a php
>>>> script. The following code keeps failing though. Has anyone got any
>>>> advice?
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>>>> $image_handle = fopen("http://www.example.com/foo.jpg", 'rb');
>>>> $content = stream_get_contents($image_handle);
>>>> fclose($image_handle);
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>>>> $handle = fopen("foo.jpg", 'a');
>>>> fwrite($handle,"$content\n");
>>>> fclose("foo.jpg");
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>>> Looks like the very helpful man knows a lot about that:
>>> http://uk.php.net/fopen
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>>> -ben
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>> Ben,
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>> I have tried the examples shown on that page. but nothing is returned.
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>> Steven
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> Is there a way you can test it between two servers you have access to,
> so that you can see what is going on in the logs?
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> -ben
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Hi Ben,

The remote server does not receive any requests from the script that I'm
running. I think it's a firewall issue at the local end. DoH! Thanks for
your assistance.

Steven