Need a script to download to my server

[bbalegere]

I have a major problem.
My ISP's bandwith is very small.
If I want to install some MOD for phpbb or some other package on my website, I have to download it first and upload it to my site.
Is there any way in which I can download the files directly to my server rather download to my computer and upload it again?
I heard that this can be done using a PHP script?
Can anybody give me the code or any other alternative to download files directly to my server from the internet?
PLease Help me

 

[weblord]

usually cpanel nowadays come with ssh access, you can use wget if you have ssh access.

 

[bbalegere]

How do you use ssh and wget?
I don't even know what is ssh and wget.

 

[Xyzer]

If you want i will download the mod and upload it to your web server for a few NP$. It will save and troubles.

 

[Dan]

Make this PHP file:

<?php

if ($_POST['submit']) {
  $path = '/path/to/where/you/want/to/store/this/';
  $filename = $_POST['filename'];
  $file = $_POST['file'];
  exec('wget -q -O '.$path.$filename.' '.$file);
  echo 'File downloaded.';
}

?>

<form action="" method="post">
<input type="text" name="filename" /> Name to save file as<br />
<input type="text" name="file" /> File to get<br />
<input type="submit" name="submit" value="Submit" />
</form>

Make $path the path to the folder you want to save the file in. It should be like /home/username/public_html/somefolder/ and it needs a trailing slash.

(I tested the exec command with those parameters and it worked.. I'm not sure if I made the rest of the script work though. :X)

 

[bbalegere]

It is not working.
Does the script work on your site?

 

[Jim_]

The folder where you want to save the flie should be chmodded 666.

 

[Dan]

I forgot to say that. :0

 

[bbalegere]

I chmodded it 666.
But still nothing happens.
And when I click on the folder I am taken to the root folder.
But if I chmod it back to 756 the folder opens normally.

 

[Dan]

Try chmodding it to 777.

 

[Jim_]

replace:exec('wget*-q*-O*'.$path.$filename.'*'.$file);
with:
exec('wget '.$file);

and make sure the current folder is chmod 777.

 

[Jim_]

<?php
$file = "http://blah.com/blah.ext";
ob_start();
system("wget $file 1> /tmp/cmdtemp 2>&1; cat /tmp/cmdtemp; rm /tmp/cmdtemp");
$output = ob_get_contents();
ob_end_clean();
echo str_replace(">", ">", str_replace("<", "<", $output));
?>

Give this a try instead. Make sure the folder you place this script in is 777 and alter the value of $file to be the file you wish to get.

Or you could give this script a try. A friend of mine made it a while ago.

<?php
if ($_GET[xfer]) {
if ($_POST[from] == "") {
print "You forgot to enter a url.";
} else {
copy("$_POST[from]", "$_POST[to]");
$size = round((filesize($_POST[to])/1000000), 3);
print "transfer complete.<br>
<a><a href=\"$_POST[from]\">$_POST[from]</a><br>
<a><a href=\"$_POST[to]\">$_POST[to]</a> : $size MB";
}
} else {
print "<form action=\"$PHP_SELF?xfer=true\" method=post>
from(http://): <input name=from><br>
to(filename): <input name=to><br>
<input type=submit value=\"transload\">";
}
?>

 

[bbalegere]

Thanks a lot for the scripts Jim.
The first script worked fine.I was able to download a file directly to my server.
But the second script did not work.
The error message I got

Warning: copy(blah.com/blah.ext): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home/username/public_html/forum/downto2.php on line 6

Warning: filesize(): Stat failed for target.ext (errno=2 - No such file or directory) in /home/username/public_html/forum/downto2.php on line 7
transfer complete.

 

[Dan]

Yeah.. you have to enter a file that exists.. there is no blah.com/blah.ext .. :X

 

[bbalegere]

I had entered a file that existed.
I only did not want to show it to everyone.