Sometimes using PHP Copy didn’t work if the files is somehow protected by this method (hotlink protection maybe?). I did experience that if the source is from Hostgator it didn’t work.
But we can use another method. Using FTP (in PHP) to do the transfer using the code:
/** * Transfer (Import) Files Server to Server using PHP FTP * @link https://shellcreeper.com/?p=1249 */ /* Source File Name and Path */ $remote_file = 'files.zip'; /* FTP Account */ $ftp_host = 'your-ftp-host.com'; /* host */ $ftp_user_name = '[email protected]'; /* username */ $ftp_user_pass = 'ftppassword'; /* password */ /* New file name and path for this file */ $local_file = 'files.zip'; /* Connect using basic FTP */ $connect_it = ftp_connect( $ftp_host ); /* Login to FTP */ $login_result = ftp_login( $connect_it, $ftp_user_name, $ftp_user_pass ); /* Download $remote_file and save to $local_file */ if ( ftp_get( $connect_it, $local_file, $remote_file, FTP_BINARY ) ) { echo "WOOT! Successfully written to $local_file\n"; } else { echo "Doh! There was a problem\n"; } /* Close the connection */ ftp_close( $connect_it );
