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at October 6, 2009 10:17 by adamcoulombe
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function cache_image($image_url){
//replace with your cache directory
$image_path = 'path/to/cache/dir/';
//get the name of the file
$exploded_image_url = explode("/",$image_url);
$image_filename = end($exploded_image_url);
$exploded_image_filename = explode(".",$image_filename);
$extension = end($exploded_image_filename);
//make sure its an image
if($extension=="gif"||$extension=="jpg"||$extension=="png"){
//get the remote image
$image_to_fetch = file_get_contents($image_url);
//save it
$local_image_file = fopen($image_path.$image_filename, 'w+');
chmod($image_path.$image_filename,0755);
fwrite($local_image_file, $image_to_fetch);
fclose($local_image_file);
}
}
//usage
//cache_image("http://www.flickr.com/someimage.jpg");
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Fetch & Save / Cache an image from a remote server using PHP
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url, php, image, cache
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PHP