PHP - Copy image to my server direct from URL

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I want to have PHP code for following.

Suppose I have one image URL, for example, http://www.google.co.in/intl/en_com/images/srpr/logo1w.png

If I run one script, this image will be copied and put on my server within folder having 777 rights.

Is it possible? If yea, can you please give direction for same?

Thanks,

Ian

...and http://stackoverflow.com/questions/909374/copy-image-from-remote-server-over-http — dotty, Jun 10 '11 at 13:27

score 156 · Answer 1 · edited Jan 08 '20 at 17:51

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Two ways, if you're using PHP5 (or higher)

copy('http://www.google.co.in/intl/en_com/images/srpr/logo1w.png', '/tmp/file.png');

If not, use file_get_contents

//Get the file
$content = file_get_contents("http://www.google.co.in/intl/en_com/images/srpr/logo1w.png");
//Store in the filesystem.
$fp = fopen("/location/to/save/image.png", "w");
fwrite($fp, $content);
fclose($fp);

From this SO post

edited Jan 08 '20 at 17:51

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answered Jun 10 '11 at 13:26

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Many thanks! `copy()` did the trick – Airikr Feb 20 '15 at 23:22
instead of the url, can it be done with bitmap image? – Srujan Barai Mar 09 '16 at 07:50
none is working for me.. i am trying to make it in codeignitier.. but nothing happening.. :( – saadk Apr 21 '16 at 15:12
Thanks Dotty, Your Code helps me a lot. – Govind Jha Sep 06 '16 at 10:27
this solution worked like a charm!... thanks! – Amjo Dec 02 '16 at 18:33
Here, If you compare this answer with Michael Robinson's answer. This answer is quite easy. Great – Ilyas karim Feb 25 '17 at 19:51
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In this example, the file extension of the source and destination files are different. Will the file be converted from png to jpg? – RouthMedia Jun 12 '17 at 15:46
@RouthMedia I'm assuming that was a mistake. This seems like it just makes a dumb copy and so switching extensions in the process would cause errors on read. – Phyllis Sutherland Jun 22 '17 at 15:30

score 33 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 11:54

From Copy images from url to server, delete all images after

function getimg($url) {         
    $headers[] = 'Accept: image/gif, image/x-bitmap, image/jpeg, image/pjpeg';              
    $headers[] = 'Connection: Keep-Alive';         
    $headers[] = 'Content-type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded;charset=UTF-8';         
    $user_agent = 'php';         
    $process = curl_init($url);         
    curl_setopt($process, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, $headers);         
    curl_setopt($process, CURLOPT_HEADER, 0);         
    curl_setopt($process, CURLOPT_USERAGENT, $user_agent); //check here         
    curl_setopt($process, CURLOPT_TIMEOUT, 30);         
    curl_setopt($process, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1);         
    curl_setopt($process, CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION, 1);         
    $return = curl_exec($process);         
    curl_close($process);         
    return $return;     
} 

$imgurl = 'http://www.foodtest.ru/images/big_img/sausage_3.jpg'; 
$imagename= basename($imgurl);
if(file_exists('./tmp/'.$imagename)){continue;} 
$image = getimg($imgurl); 
file_put_contents('tmp/'.$imagename,$image);

Thanks.. This one only worked properly.. Thanks Michael – Ian Jun 14 '11 at 10:09 — Ian, Jun 14 '11 at 10:09
Thanks. It worked for me like a charm! – faizan.sh Aug 28 '19 at 12:58 — faizan.sh, Aug 28 '19 at 12:58

score 17 · Answer 3 · answered Jun 10 '11 at 13:25

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$url="http://www.google.co.in/intl/en_com/images/srpr/logo1w.png";
$contents=file_get_contents($url);
$save_path="/path/to/the/dir/and/image.jpg";
file_put_contents($save_path,$contents);

you must have allow_url_fopen set to on

answered Jun 10 '11 at 13:25

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I think you might want to clarify that the second use of $url is not the same as the first. – Alex Howansky Jun 10 '11 at 13:28
No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it. M getting this error. – jackkorbin Jul 26 '14 at 09:06

score 9 · Answer 4 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:10

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This SO thread will solve your problem. Solution in short:

$url = 'http://www.google.co.in/intl/en_com/images/srpr/logo1w.png';
$img = '/my/folder/my_image.gif';
file_put_contents($img, file_get_contents($url));

edited May 23 '17 at 12:10

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answered Jun 10 '11 at 13:26

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score 4 · Answer 5 · edited Sep 15 '17 at 17:22

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$url = "http://www.example/images/image.gif";
$save_name = "image.gif";
$save_directory = "/var/www/example/downloads/";

if(is_writable($save_directory)) {
    file_put_contents($save_directory . $save_name, file_get_contents($url));
} else {
    exit("Failed to write to directory "{$save_directory}");
}

edited Sep 15 '17 at 17:22

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answered Jun 10 '11 at 13:30

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