RE: [PHP] uploading a nonlocal images

file() won't create a file pointer, it'll read the whole file into an array(). use fopen() to obtain a file pointer for use in other filesystem functions. At 15:59 8.1. 2001, Moritz Petersen wrote the following: -------------------------------------------------------------- >You can use > >file() > >to create a filepointer, then > >fread() > >to read the file and save it to your local disk. > >Hope it helps, >Mo. > > >> I want to allow users to put in an URL to an image in a form and >> then copy the image to my server then to the database. I can >> upload local images using a form put when it is not on the users >> computer it fails. I want the user to be able to input >> http://mydomain.net/images/image.gif and we take it from >> there. >> Are there any classes or methods available to accomplish this. > > >-- >PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) >To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-general-unsubscribe@lists.php.net >For additional commands, e-mail: php-general-help@lists.php.net >To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net ------end of quote------ ____________________________________________________________ Cynic: A member of a group of ancient Greek philosophers who taught that virtue constitutes happiness and that self control is the essential part of virtue. cynic@mail.cz