Curl php file download

I need to download remote file using curl. Is it possible to stream the file directly to disk? Add a comment. Active Oldest Votes. K-Gun TheBrain TheBrain 5, 2 2 gold badges 23 23 silver badges 25 25 bronze badges.

Defend your comment yes, I'm interested to know. I did both and ended up with 1 at the end of content in the file. Show 9 more comments. Severus you catch http error as fopen returning false and timeout you put it in the while loop call time and do the math — Silviu-Marian.

Because cURL procedural interface is pretty bad — dynamic. Concerting procedural style - file functions aren't quite OOP too, and if you put curl options in an array, it'll look way cleaner anyway. I tested it with a https, works great!!! Sanjeev Chauhan Sanjeev Chauhan 3, 3 3 gold badges 22 22 silver badges 29 29 bronze badges.

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