Posted by vivekmahanta@gmail.com on 02/05/07 21:37

On Feb 5, 2:07 am, "weetat" <weetat....@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Vivek ,
>
> Downloading file from web page using PHP , see below.
> For write data to file , look up the file function in php manual, it
> have some examples.
>
> Thanks
>
> $filename = 'Your file name';
> // fix for IE catching or PHP bug issue
> header("Pragma: public");
> header("Expires: 0"); // set expiration time
> header("Cache-Control: must-revalidate, post-check=0, pre-check=0");
> // browser must download file from server instead of cache
> // force download dialog
> header("Content-Type: application/force-download");
> header("Content-Type: application/octet-stream");
> header("Content-Type: application/download");
> // use the Content-Disposition header to supply a recommended filename
> and
> // force the browser to display the save dialog.
> header("Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=" .
> basename($filename) . ";");
>
> /*
> The Content-transfer-encoding header should be binary, since the file
> will be read
> directly from the disk and the raw bytes passed to the downloading
> computer.
> The Content-length header is useful to set for downloads. The browser
> will be able to
> show a progress meter as a file downloads. The content-lenght can be
> determines by
> filesize function returns the size of a file.
> */
>
> header("Content-Transfer-Encoding: binary");
> header("Content-Length: " . filesize($filename));
>
> readfile("$filename");
> exit();
>
> On Feb 5, 11:20 am, "vivekmaha...@gmail.com" <vivekmaha...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>
>
> > Hey guys,
>
> > Is it possible to download files from a website using PHP ?? If yes,
> > then how ??
> > Also, how do I write data to a file in php ??
>
> > If these functions can be done in PHP then please let me know how I
> > can do it. Also, where can I see all the functions of PHP ?? Is there
> > something like an API that I can look at ?
>
> > Please reply soon.
>
> > Thank you,
>
> > Vivek- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

I dont know if I explained myself properly. Actually, suppose there is
a file located on a URL like www.yahoo.com/gogo.txt and I want to
download gogo.txt from the yahoo website using php. How do I specify
that in PHP ?? Please reply soon.

Thank you,

Vivek

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