Can I get picture into server from URL with PHP?

Question

I am in the process of developing my first Facebook application with PHP and Codeigniter. I am at a point where I have the following information provided to me in an array:

array(11) {
  ["urlPic"]=>
  string(94) "https://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash4/s720x720/486147_10151513597963642_1435805055_n.jpg"
  ["first"]=>
  string(6) "Vinnie"
  ["last"]=>
  string(7) "Saletto"
  ["street"]=>
  string(17) "123 Main Street"
  ["city"]=>
  string(10) "Manchester"
  ["state"]=>
  string(2) "MO"
  ["zip"]=>
  string(5) "63021"
  ["plus"]=>
  string(0) ""
  ["phone"]=>
  string(12) "555-555-5555"
  ["x"]=>
  string(3) "158"
  ["y"]=>
  string(2) "38"
}

All is well and good. What I need to do is then (within the confines of PHP) take the URL from the value $_POST['urlPic'] and download it on to my server, and then utilize the link to the new file I have created. Has anyone done this before, and is this possible? If it is, please show me how. Please understand that this is for a large print project, and because of this I am in need of downloading the image from the URL as opposed to just linking the URL. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Have you tried http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3938534/download-file-to-server-from-url — PinnyM, Feb 04 '13 at 17:57

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 04 '13 at 17:57

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You could try a quick and dirty file_get_contents() -> file_put_contents() to grab a file off a different server -

$newFilePath = '/path/on/your/server';
$data = file_get_contents($urlPic);
file_put_contents($newFilePath,$data);

References -

answered Feb 04 '13 at 17:57

Lix

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Checking into it now! Be right back, wish me luck! – Vinnie Saletto Feb 04 '13 at 17:59
YOU, Lix, are a wonderful individual! Thank you! This works perfectly! – Vinnie Saletto Feb 04 '13 at 18:16

Can I get picture into server from URL with PHP?

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