Downloading a file from http url

[mancade]

Hi,

I'm trying to download a file from a http page that requires user authentication. The file can be downloaded manually by clicking on the link. I would like to do this automatically using a PHP script.

Here's the code I am using:

$srcFilePath = "http://username: [e-mail]//filename.txt ";
 
$desFilePath = "filename.txt";
 
if (!copy($srcFilePath, $desFilePath)) {
echo "failed to copy $file...\n";
 

I get the following error with the above code:

Warning: copy(http://username: [e-mail]//filename.txt) [function.copy]: failed to open stream: HTTP request failed! HTTP/1.1 400 Bad Request in /…/ADETEST/ADETEST3.PHP on line 27

Thanks in advance

Ade

[pbmods]

Heya, Ade. Welcome to TSDN!

You'll want to try using basic authentication headers with an HTTP stream context to accomplish this.

Put in English (or rather PHP):

$__url = 'http://www.mysite.tld/path/to/file.txt';
$__auth = 'Authentication: Basic ' . base64_encode('username:password');
 
$__req =
    stream_context_create
    (
        array
        (
            'http'    =>
                array
                (
                    'method'    => 'get'
                    'header'    => $__auth
                )
        )
    );
 
$__data = file_get_contents($__url, null, $__req);