Pull Image from another Server

[nightdesigns]

I'm building a weather bug and I will be pulling an image from an outside server.

I'm attempting to overlay two images with the imagecreatefromxxx command which works fine with both files are local. I'm trying to figure out a way to have the second file be from an outside server (connect via http).

Is there a way to directly do this, or do I have to copy the file into my working directory first, then overlay. I don't care which way it is, I just need to copy that graphic over. What's the best command to handle this?

Thanks.

[bretticus]

If fopen wrappers are enabled you can just call the url from the file parameter:

$file = imagecreatefromjpg('http://other_site.tld/image.jpg');

[nightdesigns]

Turns out my hosting provider doesn't let me use a fopen from a different server.

I was, however, able to use CURL to pull the file locally and do what I want.

Thanks.