PHP automatically download file

Question

Is it possible to have PHP download a file from a remote server and save it in a local folder?

EDIT

I didn't know this was a duplicate question. Before posting I did search, but was searching for "php automatically download file" and was getting results on how to force a browser to download a file instead of opening it.

Answer 1

Use file_get_contents.

Answer 2

        <?php
    // set url "http://
           curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, "<your url>"); 

          //return the transfer as a string 
         curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1); 

         // $output contains the output string 
         $output = curl_exec($ch); 

         // close curl resource to free up system resources 
          curl_close($ch); 

    file_put_contents($output,"<file>";
    ?>