So long as the remote url is [url]http://,[/url] and not [url]https://,[/url] you can actually fopen the file as though it were local, ie:
if (($fp = fopen("http://www.moneyextra.com/stocks/ftse100/ftse100.tsv","r")) == NULL) {
print "Failed to open remote location.<BR>\n";
} else {
//do whatever you like -- treat as though it were a local file
}
Starting with php 4.3.0, you will be able to use [url]https://[/url] as a method also, IF you have compiled with openssl support.
Originally posted by andyeaster
I have the need to download a file from a server. The file is "http://www.moneyextra.com/stocks/ftse100/ftse100.tsv". I want to copy it to a local directory on my PC where i can then parse the delimited file and transfer the data to a database.
I'm sure this should be simple to do but how do i get the file from that address automatically without having to do a manual download. Is there a set of PHP commands I can code that will do this. I can do all the parsing fine and the database transfer too is no problem. I just want to copy the file to my local directory!!
Thanks for any help anyone can give me!
Regards,
Andrew Easter
