Re: Can PHP be used to snatch images cross-domain?
| From: | Robert Cummings | Date: | Wed, 17 Dec 2008 02:41:41 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: Can PHP be used to snatch images cross-domain? | ||
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On Tue, 2008-12-16 at 21:29 -0500, Rob Gould wrote:
> If I have a php script on my own server, can it be used to snatch a JPEG image off of another
> server on a different domain and upload it to my server? For example, could I provide an URL to an
> image on another server and a path on my own server in which to place it? I know in the world of
> Ajax, I could run into cross-domain security issues, but I'm wondering if I can get around that
> with PHP.
>
Yes, this can be done quite easily.
<?php
$content = file_get_contents( 'http://www.foo.com/images/foo.png' );
file_put_contents( '/tmp/foo.png', $content );
?>
You will need fopen wrappers enabled for this to work. Either way, there
are other ways to skin the cat if fopen wrappers cannot be enabled.
Cheers,
Rob.
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