Download file to website using php

Question

I have a file with URL !

$url = "http://www.example.com/aa.txt";

and I want to download this file and save it to path on my website

this is my website ( online )

$path = "server/username/";

i want the $url file saved to $path ,,

i try this

if (file_exists($file)) {
    header('Content-Description: File Transfer');
    header('Content-Type: application/octet-stream');
    header('Content-Disposition: attachment; filename='.basename($file));
    header('Expires: 0');
    header('Cache-Control: must-revalidate');
    header('Pragma: public');
    header('Content-Length: ' . filesize($file));
    readfile($file);
    exit;
}
?>

when I test the code , it make the file download to my computer not to my website

Suchit kumar · Answer 1 · 2014-12-16T13:05:40.110

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you can use file_put_contents();

see manual here:http://php.net/manual/en/function.file-put-contents.php

a different implementation here:http://www.finalwebsites.com/forums/topic/php-file-download

edited Dec 16 '14 at 13:05

answered Dec 16 '14 at 12:54

Suchit kumar

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i don't want to read what inside the file , i want the file xx.txt to download to my server like www.xx.com/xx.txt – Ahmed Safadi Dec 16 '14 at 12:57
@AhmedSafadi follow this post:http://serverfault.com/questions/316814/php-serve-a-file-for-download-without-providing-the-direct-link – Suchit kumar Dec 16 '14 at 13:02
Download to another server is a contradiction in terms. Did you mean 'upload'? – GolezTrol Dec 17 '14 at 08:01

Download file to website using php

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