RE: [PHP] Writing remote data to local file

> -----Original Message----- > From: Dave Rosenberg [mailto:daverose@arches.uga.edu] > Sent: 08 May 2003 16:04 > To: php-general@lists.php.net > Subject: Re: [PHP] Writing remote data to local file > > > Jason Wong wrote: > > On Thursday 08 May 2003 20:46, Dave Rosenberg wrote: > > > >>I'm trying to write the data from a remote file (on the > web) to a local > >>file (test.txt). I tried the code below, but rather than > the contents > >>of the remote file being written to the local file, the local file > >>contains a resource ID. I'd appreciate a push in the right > direction as > >> far as pulling all the data from the remote file to the text file. > >> > >>| $remotefile = > >>fopen('http://mydomain.org/testo.html','r'); > >>| > >>| $localfile = fopen('/home/dave/public_html/test.txt','w'); > >>| > >>| fwrite($localfile,$remotefile); > >>| > >>| fclose($localfile); > >>| > >>| fclose($remotefile); > > > > > > Lookup each of the above functions in the manual and see > _what arguments_ they > > take and what they _return_. Then examine and try the > examples given for each > > of the functions and understand how they work. > > > > Obviously that's the first thing I did, but they do not offer any > guidance beyond where I've gotten. I also tried this.... Well, obviously you did not look at the right bits, so try this little quiz: (1) what does fopen return? (2) what does fwrite() expect its second argument to be? (3) are these the same? Cheers! Mike --------------------------------------------------------------------- Mike Ford, Electronic Information Services Adviser, Learning Support Services, Learning & Information Services, JG125, James Graham Building, Leeds Metropolitan University, Beckett Park, LEEDS, LS6 3QS, United Kingdom Email: m.ford@lmu.ac.uk Tel: +44 113 283 2600 extn 4730 Fax: +44 113 283 3211