wget and php

You could offcourse drop the wget idea an just use

<?php copy('Remotefile', 'Localfile'); ?>

But when you are realy needing to use wget you would probably have to use the exec function:
http://nl2.php.net/manual/en/function.exec.php

<?php exec('wget params');

regards

-r-

thanks a lot.
If I use <?php copy ();?>, does it give a limit to the file size I transfer? The files that I need to move to the server are several hundred MB each. If that is not a problem, then great!

Hmm.. that indeed might be a problem, you could/would use set_time_limit() to prevent the script from timing out, but quit a loss when you set it to low and the script cancels when you've copied about 75% of the 700mb.

I don't know wether or not the programs called with exec() continue their work when the script timeouts. You should read the manual (php.net/exec) to discover.

I have an appointment at the moment, so can't do it for you.

good luck

-r-

i remember reading somewhere that it's the same with wget. So I think that copy() would do the job just as well.

Now my next problem is the code. How do I set the timeout limit? The server's connection is 10mb, and I would assume that the largest files I will be transfering will be around 750~800MB. So that's about 800 seconds, so say 1000 seconds to be safe.

I realise you're busy so don't worry, there's no rush. But if you could help me expand this code, I would appreciate it:

<?php
$remotefile = $_POST['remotefile'];
$localfile = "/files";
copy('$remotefile', '$localfile', ?TIMELIMIT?);
if (?COPY IS SUCCESSFUL?) {echo "Done";} else {echo "Error";}
?>

THANK YOU! You have been really helpful!