Copy Non-Text file from One Server to Another Issues

Hi, I have a simple code as shown in the following: <?php //original file $file = "http://remote_server/copy/play.txt"; $file2 = "http://remote_server/copy/test.jpg"; $file3 = "http://remote_server/copy/sample.pdf"; //directory to copy to (must be CHMOD to 777) $copydir = "."; $data = file_get_contents($file); $file2 = fopen($copydir . "/play.txt", "w+"); fputs($file2, $data); fclose($file2); $data2 = file_get_contents($file2); $file3 = fopen($copydir . "/test.jpg", "w+"); fputs($file3, $data2); fclose($file3); $data3 = file_get_contents($file3); $file4 = fopen($copydir . "/sample.pdf", "w+"); fputs($file4, $data3); fclose($file4); $data5= file_get_contents("play.txt"); echo $data5 . "<br>"; $data6= file_get_contents("test.jpg"); echo $data6 . "<br>"; $data7= file_get_contents("sample.pdf"); echo $data7 . "<br>"; ?> The first one, $file, has no problems, and I did get the contents copied correctly. However, the second and third one, I get this error: Warning: file_get_contents() expects parameter 1 to be string, resource given in C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\test\hello.php on line 18 ./test.jpg Warning: file_get_contents() expects parameter 1 to be string, resource given in C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\test\hello.php on line 25 ./sample.pdf I notice that the empty file gets created correctly, but I cannot put in the file contents. If file_get_contents only supports text, could anyone please give me some suggestions on what type of function I should use to put in the file contents so that it is readable? Thanks in advance. Alice _________________________________________________________________ Use Messenger to talk to your IM friends, even those on Yahoo! http://ideas.live.com/programpage.aspx?versionId=7adb59de-a857-45ba-81cc-685ee3e858fe