how to get image from url in php?

$img=file_get_contents('http://example.com/image/test.jpg'); file_put_contents('/your/project/folder/imgname.jpg',$img); 

This works only if allow_url_fopen is set to 1 in your php.ini file. If you can change this value, enable it and you're done.

Another option is CURL. Check if this module is enabled in your PHP configuration.

 $ch = curl_init(); curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, 'http://example.com/image/test.jpg'); curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER,1); curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HEADER , 0); curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_VERBOSE, 0); curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_TIMEOUT, 10); $result = @curl_exec($ch); $curl_err = curl_error($ch); curl_close($ch); if (empty($curl_err)) { file_put_contents('/your/project/folder/imgname.jpg',$result); } 

If CURL is not enabled, your chance is to write a simple HTTP client like this:

 $buf=''; $fp = fsockopen('example.com',80); fputs($fp, "GET /image/test.jpg HTTP/1.1\n" ); fputs($fp, "Host: example.com\n" ); fputs($fp, "Connection: close\n\n" ); while (!feof($fp)) { $buf .= fgets($fp,128); } fclose($fp); file_put_contents('/your/project/folder/imgname.jpg',$buf); 

Use Curl for this:

function curlFile($url) {

 $ch = curl_init(); curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, $url); curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HEADER, 0); curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1); $data = curl_exec($ch); curl_close($ch); return $data; } function readurl() { $url="http://domain.com/my_file/view/<file_id>/FULL/"; curlFile($url); } echo readurl(); 

If you are trying

$image = file_get_contents('http://domain.com/my_file/view/<file_id>/FULL/'); if($image) file_put_contents('some/folder/<file_id>'); 

and it does not work, it probably means either:

1. That there is access control that prevents it on the remote server. In that case, you must set the appropriate cookies. I suggest using curl to do that.
2. The image path is wrong; try to view source when navigating to http://domain.com/my_file/view/<file_id>/FULL/ using your browser.
3. The trailing / in your URL should not be there, e.g. http://domain.com/my_file/view/<file_id>/FULL?