downloading zip file from url using php

Question

its not about file duplicate,

// not working code , because i assign $zip_url dynamic

function downloadZipFile($dynamic_url, $filepath){
//echo $dynamic_url;exit;
$zip_url          = $dynamic_url;
$destination_path = $filepath;
file_put_contents($destination_path, fopen($zip_url, 'r'));
 }

// working code but here i assign $zip_url static

function downloadZipFile($dynamic_url, $filepath){
//echo $dynamic_url;exit;
$zip_url          = "http://training.costaclick.net/WAWS_1_9/Catalog/4dd946a8-32e6-43b8-a592-6596a4509ec5-out.zip";
$destination_path = $filepath;
file_put_contents($destination_path, fopen($zip_url, 'r'));
 }

@Sindhuja try this `http://www.web-development-blog.com/archives/php-download-file-script/` — Lakhwinder Singh, Jun 02 '17 at 04:54
@Touheed Khan i want to download zip file from url example http://testdata/Catalog/d1f87802-be88-4a9b-8765-82d854ec6cd4-out.zip yes , i can download this zip file using above code, if i give copy and assign to varible url. if i give dynamic its not working. — Sindhuja N, Jun 02 '17 at 05:15
Possible duplicate of [Download File to server from URL](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/3938534/download-file-to-server-from-url) — Alexander, Jun 02 '17 at 05:16
@Alexander , file_put_contents("Tmpfile.zip", fopen("http://someurl/file.zip", 'r')); yes, this code is working only if i give static url. — Sindhuja N, Jun 02 '17 at 05:24

Touheed Khan · Answer 1 · 2017-06-02T06:00:09.957

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Try this code :

$ch = curl_init();
$source = "http://someurl.com/afile.zip"; //$source = $dynamic_url
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, $source);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1);
$data = curl_exec ($ch);
curl_close ($ch);

$destination = "/sub_folder/". uniqid(time(), true) .".zip";
$file = fopen($destination, "w+");
fputs($file, $data);
fclose($file);

$source can be dynamic value of url. uniqid(time(), true) will generate random file name. In the we will store it in path specified in $destination variable.

Alternate Solution :

$zip_url          = "http://www.colorado.edu/conflict/peace/download/peace.zip";
$destination_path = "/var/www/html/files/".uniqid(time(), true)."zip";
file_put_contents($destination_path, fopen($zip_url, 'r'));

$zip_url will be dynamic zip url and $destination_path will be location on your local machine.

Note : make sure you've proper permission on destination path folder.

edited Jun 02 '17 at 06:00

answered Jun 02 '17 at 05:23

Touheed Khan

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its not about file duplicate, – Sindhuja N Jun 02 '17 at 05:44
@SindhujaN just try both solutions and tell me output. keep error reporting on. – Touheed Khan Jun 02 '17 at 05:44
@SindhujaN its just a precaution to avoid any issues. – Touheed Khan Jun 02 '17 at 05:48
getting empty zip file – Sindhuja N Jun 02 '17 at 05:55
give me url you're requesting. – Touheed Khan Jun 02 '17 at 05:56
http://training.costaclick.net/WAWS_1_9/Catalog/4dd946a8-32e6-43b8-a592-6596a4509ec5-out.zip – Sindhuja N Jun 02 '17 at 05:57
which method you're using file_put_contents or curl? – Touheed Khan Jun 02 '17 at 06:00
both method i tried its working very fine for static url. not working if i change to dynamic url – Sindhuja N Jun 02 '17 at 06:02
I think your url is wrong, cause i've tried using dynamic url it is working fine on my local machine. – Touheed Khan Jun 02 '17 at 06:03
echo url before downloading zip and try to request that url in browser directly. – Touheed Khan Jun 02 '17 at 06:04
yes i tried in browser directly its corrct url only and i can able to download zip file to local machine – Sindhuja N Jun 02 '17 at 06:11
from where your dynamic url is coming? – Touheed Khan Jun 02 '17 at 06:12
if possible give me list of dynamic urls, cause its little strange that if its not working for dynamic urls. – Touheed Khan Jun 02 '17 at 06:13
iam getting from xml and url will keep on change – Sindhuja N Jun 02 '17 at 06:18
code is completely fine..issue is in url or any other mistake – Touheed Khan Jun 02 '17 at 08:37

score -1 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 02 '17 at 06:06

<?php // HTTP Headers for ZIP File Downloads
  // https://perishablepress.com/press/2010/11/17/http-headers-file-downloads/

  // set example variables
  $filename = "Inferno.zip";
  $filepath = "/var/www/domain/httpdocs/download/path/";

  // http headers for zip downloads
  header("Pragma: public");
  header("Expires: 0");
  header("Cache-Control: must-revalidate, post-check=0, pre-check=0");
  header("Cache-Control: public");
  header("Content-Description: File Transfer");
  header("Content-type: application/octet-stream");
  header("Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=\"".$filename."\"");
  header("Content-Transfer-Encoding: binary");
  header("Content-Length: ".filesize($filepath.$filename));
  ob_end_flush();
  @readfile($filepath.$filename);
?>

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