RE: [PHP] Copy Non-Text file from One Server to Another Issues

> Date: Thu, 12 Mar 2009 14:55:52 -0400 > Subject: Re: [PHP] Copy Non-Text file from One Server to Another Issues > From: danbrown@php.net > To: ajwei@alumni.iu.edu > CC: php-general@lists.php.net > > On Thu, Mar 12, 2009 at 14:51, Alice Wei <ajwei@alumni.iu.edu> wrote: > > > > Warning: file_get_contents() expects parameter 1 to be string, resource > > given in C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\test\hello.php on line > > 18 > > Freshman mistake. > > $file2 = fopen($copydir . "/play.txt", "w+"); > > You're trying to read a data stream in file_get_contents() that > was opened with fopen(). Don't. > > Instead, replace the line of code above with: > > $file2 = $copydir.'/play.txt'; > > .... and then RTFM on how to use file_get_contents(). > > -- > </Daniel P. Brown> > daniel.brown@parasane.net || danbrown@php.net > http://www.parasane.net/ || > http://www.pilotpig.net/ > 50% Off All Shared Hosting Plans at PilotPig: Use Coupon DOW10000 Hi, Daniel: Thanks, it turned out that other than using your suggestion, it turned out that using copy() works great. However, is it possible for me not to use the actual physical url as I have provided in my code to access the information I intend to copy? My goal is to be able to search through the remote directory, and find the matched files of a certain format and copy it to another server. Is this possible? Alice _________________________________________________________________ Check the weather nationwide with MSN Search: Try it now! http://search.msn.com/results.aspx?q=weather&FORM=WLMTAG