how to download photos from a datafeed

[lemon2x]

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Hello all,

I'd like to save the photos from a datafeed to my server in order to prevent any downtime.

Can anyone advice me on how to do this ?

thanks a lot

[SimonQuick]

Hi lemon2x,

You could do it with a file_put_contents function

Something like:

<?php
//name of file to save to
$filename = "text.jpg";

//url of image
$url = "http://www.affiliates4u.com/system/media/logo_beta.jpg";

//download and write contents of url
file_put_contents($filename, file_get_contents($url));

?>

Hope that helps.

Thanks
Simon

[scriptmonkey]

And, to make sure that you don't download it if you already have it

replace

file_put_contents($filename, file_get_contents($url)); 

with

if (!file_exists($filename)) {
file_put_contents($filename, file_get_contents($url));
} 

[lemon2x]

thanks a lot guys....great place to be as always