Download php file-online

There are many approaches to download a file from a URL some of them are discussed below:

Method 1: Using file_get_contents() function: The file_get_contents() function is used to read a file into a string. This function uses memory mapping techniques which are supported by the server and thus enhances the performances making it a preferred way of reading contents of a file.

Syntax:

Program 1:

Output:
Before run the program:

After run the program:

Method 2: Using PHP Curl: The cURL stands for &#;Client for URLs&#;, originally with URL spelled in uppercase to make it obvious that it deals with URLs. It is pronounced as &#;see URL&#;. The cURL project has two products libcurl and curl.

Steps to download file:

• Initialize a file URL to the variable
• Create cURL session
• Declare a variable and store the directory name where downloaded file will save.
• Use basename() function to return the file base name if the file path is provided as a parameter.
• Save the file to the given location.
• Open the saved file location in write string mode
• Set the option for cURL transfer
• Perform cURL session and close cURL session and free all resources
• Close the file

Example:

Output:
Before run the program:

After run the program: