saving images

[Aviezero]

i've been searching for days but im not really sure how to search for what im trying to do. i want a script that will take a defined remote img (http://whatever.com/img.jpg) and save it to the directory of the script. i cant seem to find any image functions that will handle remote images. what should i be looking for?

[Rodney_H_]

edit: Oops. Sorry. I thought you were talking about uploading a file.... :eek:

[maxpup979]

If you want a script on your server to go to other (remote) servers, grab an image, and save it back to your server--

look at fopen.

[bokehman]

// set variables
$image_url = 'http://domain.com/image.jpg';
$save_as = 'somename.jpg';

// get image into string
$image = file_get_contents($image_url);

// save image locally
$pointer = fopen($save_as, 'w+');
fwrite()$pointer, $image, strlen($image));
fclose($pointer);

[Aviezero]

thanks much