On Mon, February 4, 2008 9:28 pm, szalinski wrote: > Hi > > I have been working on this download script for quite a while, and I > just > can't find how to download a remote file via a user's browser using > fsockopen. > > Basically I am wondering if anyone can just give me a simple working > example on how to use fsockopen() to fetch a file on a remote server, > and > then pop up a save dialog box in my browser. For example, let's say I > want > to download this file from here: > > http://remotedomain.com/file.zip > > Instead of putting this directly into my browser and then being > prompted > to save it to my pc, how can i use fsockopen() to fetch the file, and > get > the same prompt on my browser? E.g. I want to be able to do > > http://localhost/index.php?url=http://remotedomain.com/file.zip > > I know that this does not seem the most obvious and easy way to do it, > but > i simply cannot get a file to download myself using fsockopen. I > specifically want this function, as I need to POST headers to the > server > and I haven't as yet been able to download a file using it, without it > being corrupt, or the connection hanging. I just can't figure it out, > and > I'm getting a bit tired with it! > I don't need a whole hand-made script, I just need the part where > fsockopen will download this file. Perhaps a working function that > would > do it. Please try not to use classes or objects because I haven't > quite > figured out object-oriented programming yet!! > > Also, I would like if you can do it via HTTP 1.0 because I know HTTP > 1.1 > is tricky, and might require a chunk decoder, and i don't see the need > for > it, unless someone is able to provide a working chunked data decoder. > > Thanks to anyone who can help. :) After you do the fsockopen, to get rid of the headers, insert this bit: while (($line = fgets($socket, 1000000)) != "\n"){ //skip the headers } You may need to change "\n" to "\r\n" if the document is coming from a broken Windows server. Or gmail, which seems to do everything the Windows way. -- Some people have a "gift" link here. Know what I want? I want you to buy a CD from some indie artist. http://cdbaby.com/from/lynch Yeah, I get a buck. So? -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
