page output to file

Hi NG. I'm having trouble making a local php script open a remote php script and save the output of the remote script in a local file. I have FTP access to the remote server, so if placing the "local" script at the same server as the "remote" script, makes this easier this would also be an option for me. What I want to do is like this: A local script like: http://localhost/fetch_remote_contents.php fetch_remote_contents.php should open the remote script http://www.blablabla.com/index5.php?id=23554 and save it's output in a local file instead of displaying it in a browser. If this can't be done, running fetch_remote_contents.php from the same remote server as index5.php and saving the output in a file on the remote server is also an option as I have access to it. Can anyone help me out here, I'm pretty sure it's possible because I think I've done it before I just forgot how :o( Thanks, Aidal