note 51719 added to function.fopen

a function to grab remote files from the web, which returns the anchor tag of the downloaded file. <?php //how to use it.. echo getRemoteFile("http://www.google.com/intl/en/images/logo.gif"); //the function itself function getRemoteFile($remoteFile) { $parsedURI = parse_url($remoteFile); $fileName = substr($parsedURI['path'], strrpos($parsedURI['path'], '/') + 1); if (!$remote = fopen($remoteFile, 'r')){ echo "Unable to open file the remote file: ".$remoteFile; exit; } if (!$local = fopen($fileName, 'w')){ echo "Unable to open file the local file: ".$fileName; fclose($remote); exit; } $data = ""; while (!feof($remote)) { $data = fread($remote, 8192); fwrite($local, $data); } fclose($remote); fclose($local); return "<a href=\"$fileName\">$fileName</a>"; } ?> ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.fopen.php Edit -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=edit+51719 Delete: added to the manual -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+51719&report=yes&reason=added+to+the+manual Delete: bad code -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+51719&report=yes&reason=bad+code Delete: spam -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+51719&report=yes&reason=spam Delete: useless -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+51719&report=yes&reason=useless Delete: other reasons -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+51719&report=yes Reject -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=reject+51719&report=yes Search -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php