Download a file

[Lop]

I've search google and can not find an answer. I would like to download a file such as an image and save it to a directory???

How??

[sn17]

If u are asking about the regular downloadind, then all u have to do is to right click and click on "Save Target As".

[Blaze]

I think he is asking how to download a file using PHP. I think you can just connect to the URL of the file and it will download. Not sure though.

[Lop]

Yea, I'm wondering how to connect to a URL that is a file and actually save it on the server.

[Sionofdarkness]

I'm as clueless as you. Well, 100x more clueless, actually. I didn't mean to equate us.

[John]

i would think CURL would do the trick, but i dont know for sure. have you looked into that?

[Void]

CURL should do the trick. You can also get other software that does this and just look at their code. I know a lot of PHP does this type of thing already for updates and such.

[Chan]

How large of a file can you download using CURL? This seems like a neat function.

[John]

How large of a file can you download using CURL? This seems like a neat function.

as large of a file as you want...curl is basically the equivilant of a text based browser

[Lop]

Ok, so I've got this working now and I'd like to add a progress bar. Is there any way to do this?