Retrieving remote file problem

[infestedarch0n]

Situation:
Originally I was using fopen to retrieve a remote file from another server. I needed the database information inside to be read and updated every time the script was run. It didn't seem to download in the scripts run life and "Cannot find server" message was returned by the browser. So I tried "copy" to first download the file to a local directory to be used.

Problem:
"Cannot find server" is the only thing that terminates the script. I am positive the problem is the file does not finish downloading before something times out. Perhaps there is a better way to do what I am doing because the file is a few megs. Maybe I can elongate the execution life of the script?

I appreciate your help, very much, indeed.

[planetsim]

Firstly let me just tell you why it is not working fopen and copy function work on the server. Now they cannot from my understanding of the functions connect to a remote server which is what i believe you are trying to attempt.

However there is a simple way to do it.

fsockopen();

Id suggest reading it up in the Manual. basically opens a connections between servers which is what you are attempting to do.

[infestedarch0n]

But do you think that this will solve the problem of the script seemingly expiring before it can be downloaded? When I go to download a much smaller file on a different server using fopen it seems to work perfectly, but the script just takes a while. I am merely saying that this may not be the problem.