save jpeg image from imdb to webserver

kuliksco

Hi,

I'm trying to make a script that grabs the cover image of a movie from [url]www.imdb.com[/url] based on the name entered in the form.  The format is jpeg and I know I would have to use something like imagejpeg.  Say the address of the image is [url]www.imdb.com/images/cover.jpeg.[/url]

How would I save this image as folder.jpeg in dir=coolMovie. ?

Thanks.

devinemke

[man]copy[/man]

kuliksco

thanks for the tip.

so...

$file = "http://ia.imdb.com/media/imdb/01/I/31/62/48.jpg";
$newfile = 'image.jpeg';

if (!copy($file, $newfile)) {
   echo "failed to copy $file...\n";
}

how can i get this to work with a url?

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_VARIABLE in c:\Inetpub\wwwroot\imdbImage\imdb.php on line 30

I tried something like:

$file = "http:////ia.imdb.com//media//imdb//01//I//31//62//48.jpg";

but it's still not working. any ideas?

devinemke

works on my machine

$copy = copy('http://ia.imdb.com/media/imdb/01/I/31/62/48.jpg', 'image.jpg');
if ($copy) {echo 'OK';} else {echo 'FAIL';}

kuliksco

nevermind....im an idiot

i thought i commented out all of my previous code

i actually have a parse error because of a missing semicolon.

thanks for all the help.

kuliksco

alright, well im at home now instead of work. at work, i was actually using another image link that was to a gif file to a restricted site (i can only access it from work because of the proxy settings). i couldn't get the image to copy from imdb because of the firewall/proxy settings i think.

however, now i am at home and am running the imdb code like the one above

$copy = copy('http://ia.imdb.com/media/imdb/01/I/02/13/11m.jpg', 'image.jpg');
if ($copy) {echo 'OK';} else {echo 'FAIL';}

but i get this error:

Warning: copy(image.jpg) [function.copy]: failed to open stream: Permission denied in c:\Inetpub\wwwroot\imdbImage\imdb.php on line 21
FAIL

This is really frustrating, can someone please help soon? thanks.

devinemke

again, works on my machine: WinXP/Apache 2/PHP 5

kuliksco

well....the copy works fine on my work computer but not on my home computer.

they are both running winxp pro, iis 4.0 and php 5.0.

i can't even copy a local image on my own webserver to another folder on my webserver at home. why would i be getting a permission denied?

kuliksco

what would cause a permission denied on winxp pro on my home computer but not at my work computer?