Could you please help me.

@edpudolOct 10.2004

I am a newbie PHP developer, I have this problem:

I want to create a script that will transfer/upload file from the server where the script is uploaded, to my other sites.

Is it possible? if so could you please give a sample code how to do it please.

Thanks in advance ?

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@JupacOct 10.2004 — #Try the php manual

http://us4.php.net/features.file-upload

@MstrBobOct 10.2004 — #PHP is meant for dealing with client/server connections. It isn't for server/server connections. You can't simply write to another server, that would be a big security whole. You're best bet is to get an FTP program, like Filezilla, and download the files onto your computer, and then FTP them to your sites.

@yunaOct 12.2004 — #There are FTP client functions in PHP (http://us2.php.net/ftp) and, as that page points out, you can also use ftp:// URLs with many filesystem functions. So it's certainly possible for one to write a script a server that uploads files to another. Of course you have to make sure authentication works, etc. The simplest way is to specify URLs like this

<i>
 </i><a href="ftp://user:[email protected]/upload/directory/">ftp://user:[email protected]/upload/directory/</a>

but that's a big security hole since the password has to be stored in plaintext on the machine making the upload request. You could put the password in a separate file that only the webserver "user" can read ("security through obscurity"), or use anonymous FTP on the target host. In the latter case, I'd make sure you have strict firewalling rules on the target allowing only the uploading server's IP address to access the target's FTP port.

@NogDogOct 12.2004 — #Check out http://www.php.net/ftp and in particular "Example 1". You could keep $ftp_user_name and $ftp_user_pass relatively secure by setting them in an include file which is kept in a secure directory. (However, note the installation instructions on the above-cited page.)

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