download from remote webserver

[Anon]

I am looking for a way to use php to download a file from a remote webserver that has authentication. I was wondering how i could use php to log into a webserver and download an excel file for manipulation.

Does anybody know of a way or the functions I need to use.

Thanks

[ruppelm]

Hi there,

Try something like this:

<?php

$login = "myname";
$passwd = "mypasswd";
$url = "www.somewhere.com/path/zo/file.html";

$entireurl = "http://$login:$passwd@$url";
$lines = file($entireurl);

$content = implode("", $lines);

?>

This works at least for text files

Cheers, Markus