Re: save file from outside url

I figured it out! Variable scope problem! Thanks for all your help! "Jeremiah Breindel" <jeremiah@jkdesigns.com> wrote in message news:20021206210638.71804.qmail@pb1.pair.com... > I am trying to save a dynamically generated image on an outside server to a > local file on my server using the code below: > > $fc = fopen($image_filename, "wb"); > $file = fopen ($image_url, "rb"); > > if (!$file) { > echo "<p>Unable to open remote file.\n"; > exit; > }else{ > while (!feof ($file)) { > $line = fread ($file, 1028); > fwrite($fc,$line); > } > } > fclose($fc); > fclose($file); > > > $image_filename is a locally referred to file, such as "../images/file1.png" > and $image_url is an absolute address, such as > "http://www.whatever.com/imagecreate.php". > > Instead of saving when I run the script through a browser, the image > displays within the browser, and the script creates a file containing only > "427" on the server. Any ideas why or what I can do to correct this? > > Jeremiah > >