Re: How to download a file (with browser) using fsockopen() ?

Try this, it should work. //Get the file from the remote location function getFile($host, $resource, $port) { ??? $hdr = ''; ??? $file_cont = ''; ??? $fh = fsockopen($host, $port, $errno, $errstr, 300); ??? ??? if(! $fh) ??? { ??? ??? return "error"; ??? } else { ??? ??? $hdr .= "GET /$resource HTTP/1.1 \r\n"; ??? ??? $hdr .= "Host: $host\r\n"; ??? ??? $hdr .= "Connection: close\r\n\r\n"; ??? ??? fwrite($fh, $hdr); ??? ??? while(!feof($fh)) ??? ??? { ??? ??? ??? $file_cont .= fgets($fh, 128); ??? ??? } ??? ??? //Return the file as a string ??? ??? return $file_cont; ??? } } //Set up essential headers header("Content-Type: Application/GIF"); header("Content-Disposition: application/gif; filename=one.gif"); //Strip the text headers in the file and print it out. print preg_replace("/^.*\r\n/m", "", getFile("wisdomleaf.com", "images/logo.gif", 80)); Anyway, the core of the script is download the file as a string, print it out as a string with suitable headers. Cheers, V -----Original Message----- From: szalinski <barneytramble@gmail.com> To: php-general@lists.php.net; php-general@lists.php.net <php-general@lists.php.net> Sent: Tue, 5 Feb 2008 8:58 am Subject: [PHP] How to download a file (with browser) using fsockopen() ? Hi? ? I have been working on this download script for quite a while, and I just can't find how to download a remote file via a user's browser using fsockopen.? ? Basically I am wondering if anyone can just give me a simple working example on how to use fsockopen() to fetch a file on a remote server, and then pop up a save dialog box in my browser. For example, let's say I want to download this file from here:? ? http://remotedomain.com/file.zip? ? Instead of putting this directly into my browser and then being prompted to save it to my pc, how can i use fsockopen() to fetch the file, and get the same prompt on my browser? E.g. I want to be able to do? ? http://localhost/index.php?url=http://remotedomain.com/file.zip? ? I know that this does not seem the most obvious and easy way to do it, but i simply cannot get a file to download myself using fsockopen. I specifically want this function, as I need to POST headers to the server and I haven't as yet been able to download a file using it, without it being corrupt, or the connection hanging. I just can't figure it out, and I'm getting a bit tired with it!? I don't need a whole hand-made script, I just need the part where fsockopen will download this file. Perhaps a working function that would do it. Please try not to use classes or objects because I haven't quite figured out object-oriented programming yet!!? ? Also, I would like if you can do it via HTTP 1.0 because I know HTTP 1.1 is tricky, and might require a chunk decoder, and i don't see the need for it, unless someone is able to provide a working chunked data decoder.? ? Thanks to anyone who can help. :)? ? --PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/)? To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php? ________________________________________________________________________ You are invited to Get a Free AOL Email ID. - http://webmail.aol.in