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Thomas van der Zel
16,796 PointsDownloading with PHP
Hi,
I've been struggling with this issue for hours now and I'm hoping anyone out here knows the solution.
I wrote a php-script extracting a zip file and doing stuff with it's content. This script works fine. The problem is this:
The script uses file.zip, which is located on my server. However the file changes daily and is supplied by a 3rd party through a url (say 'http://www.example.com/zip'). In this url is no filename or extension, but when I open it in a browser it downloads file.zip.
I'm hoping to find a way to automate the download so that I don't have to go in my browser to download the file and then upload it to my server every single day.
I hope you can help me out!
3 Answers
Ted Sumner
Courses Plus Student 17,967 PointsIt sounds like you have the script and just need to run it every day at a set time. Looking for the answer, I came across this:
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/120228/php-running-scheduled-jobs-cron-jobs
What you need to do is set a chronjob on your server. Reading that triggered my memory that I did that on some web site before I knew what I was doing. Depending on your ISP, you can do it from the cPanel. Other solutions are touched on in the link above.
Steven Walters
10,573 PointsYou should be able to pull the file down with cURL. Once you get the curl working you could add it to your script.
http://php.net/manual/en/curl.examples-basic.php
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/22155882/php-curl-download-file
Ted Sumner
Courses Plus Student 17,967 PointsI misunderstood your initial post. I think the answer is a combination of my first post and Steven Walters post. His post addresses the script, mine the scheduling.