copying a file from a remote server with php copy command

Question

I am trying to copy() a file from a remote server with the copy() command as below:

<?php

    error_reporting(E_ALL);

    $url = $_GET['url'];

    if (copy( $url, '/tmp/copy_from_url.jpeg'))
    {
        echo 'copied';
    }
?>

It seems to work as copied is displayed however there is no file to be found.

Any ideas on how I can track down the problem here?

I am running MAMP on Lion both the latest versions. The file in question is a .jpeg and allow_url_fopen is on.

Edit: the folder Applications/MAMP/tmp is actually a symbolic link to /private/tmp where the files ARE being copied but are not visible.

Is there a way to change PHP tmp folder?

Why did you turn notices off? Does `readfile($url)` work? Does file_exists and readfile work with the target filename after copying, in the if? — mario, Dec 14 '11 at 06:57
`readfile($url)` works on the remote file and returns data. `file_exists()` does not seem to return anything on the `dest` value of `copy()` the file is being copied but not saved. I don't know why I had `notices` off no errors with `notices` on. — ian, Dec 14 '11 at 07:08
What are the exact permissions `ls -l /tmp` of the target dir? Anything in the error.log? Does creating files via file_put_contents work? — mario, Dec 14 '11 at 07:23
`lrwxr-xr-x@ 1 root wheel 11 Jul 20 23:44 /tmp -> private/tmp` — ian, Dec 14 '11 at 07:28
Well, looks like ordinary processes don't have write permission then. — mario, Dec 14 '11 at 07:32

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Mar 31 '14 at 06:26

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You should change users for apache and mysql server in MAMP setting from 'www/mysql' to 'user/user' where 'user' is you mac os user - http://screencast.com/t/wzyPmFTmj6LC

answered Mar 31 '14 at 06:26

Dmitrii Malyshev

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Dec 14 '11 at 06:58

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your code should be fine, but i think had better using file_get_contents() and file_put_contents() to more reliable reason, like

<?php
$source = $url;
$destination = '/tmp/copy_from_url.jpeg';

$data = file_get_contents($source);

$handle = fopen($destination, "w");
fwrite($handle, $data);
fclose($handle);
?>

see if that work ?

answered Dec 14 '11 at 06:58

Khairu Aqsara

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I am sure that will work but I am trying to use `copy()` rather than `fopen` or `cURL` – ian Dec 14 '11 at 07:09
there is some security issues about `copy()` your code is work fine, i have tried it before, using ubuntu 11.04 is work fine, maybe there is some security config in the mamp of lion, – Khairu Aqsara Dec 14 '11 at 07:14
Your code works without any errors but also does not write. Maybe `PHP` has the wrong permissions for the `tmp` folder? – ian Dec 14 '11 at 07:34

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 14 '11 at 17:19

If these are your permissions ls -l /tmp

lrwxr-xr-x@ 1 root wheel 11 Jul 20 23:44 /tmp -> private/tmp – ian 9 hours

That looks like ordinary processes don't have write permission then. The last r-x means that te other users (not root or wheel group) lack the w write right. Usually Apache runs under a separate accounts, which is why PHP also cannot access it.

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