php save image from url to server

August 21, 2018 XpertPhp

In this article, we will learn how to save the image from the URL to the server. there two ways to download an image from the server. first is Save Image from URL using PHP and second is Save Image from URL using cURL.

We will explain both ways. so you can see both ways.

Save Image from URL using PHP

<?php
function download_image($new_file_name, $dir_path, $url)
{
    if(!is_dir($dir_path)){ //create new dir if doesn't exist
        mkdir($dir_path);
    }
    $local_file_path = $dir_path .'/'.$new_file_name;
    if(copy($url, $local_file_path))
    {
        return true;
    }
}
$new_file_name="new.png";
$dir_path="images/";
$url = 'http://www.example.com/image.png';

download_image($new_file_name,$dir_path,$url);
?>

<?php

function download_image($new_file_name, $dir_path, $url)

{

if(!is_dir($dir_path)){ //create new dir if doesn't exist

mkdir($dir_path);

}

$local_file_path = $dir_path .'/'.$new_file_name;

if(copy($url, $local_file_path))

{

return true;

}

$new_file_name="new.png";

$dir_path="images/";

$url = 'http://www.example.com/image.png';

download_image($new_file_name,$dir_path,$url);

Save Image from URL using cURL

<?php
// Remote image URL
$url = 'http://www.example.com/image.png';

// Image path
$img = 'images/new.png';

// Save image
$ch = curl_init($url);
$fp = fopen($img, 'wb');
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_FILE, $fp);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HEADER, 0);
curl_exec($ch);
curl_close($ch);
fclose($fp);

?>