copy a zip file from external server to my server

Question

i would like to copy a zip-file from an external server to the directory where the script run.

for example:

$thezipfile = "http://www.yxz.com/user/login/userid/1234/password/1234/page/L2V4cG9ydC9kb3dubG9hZC90L01RPT0vYy9NZz09Lw=";

This doesnt work (download.php):

$save = file_put_contents('newfile.zip',$thezipfile);

after that, there is a file on my server called 'newfile.zip', but...its empty!??

Answer 1

You have not got any file contents to put into the new file.

You would need to file_get_contents($thezipfile) before you file_put_contents()

Answer 2

You need to actually read the external file before saving. Change your second line to

file_put_contents('newfile.zip',file_get_contents($thezipfile));