Download a file through HTTP. Considers suggested file name in Content-disposition: header and can run a callback function for different events. The callback will be called with two parameters: the callback type, and parameters. The implemented callback types are:

• 'setup' - called at the very beginning, parameter is a UI object that should be used for all output

• 'message' - the parameter is a string with an informational message

• 'saveas' - may be used to save with a different file name, the parameter is the filename that is about to be used. If a 'saveas' callback returns a non-empty string, that file name will be used as the filename instead. Note that $save_dir will not be affected by this, only the basename of the file.

• 'start' - download is starting, parameter is number of bytes that are expected, or -1 if unknown

• 'bytesread' - parameter is the number of bytes read so far

• 'done' - download is complete, parameter is the total number of bytes read

• 'connfailed' - if the TCP connection fails, this callback is called with

  <?php
array(host,port,errno,errmsg)
?>

• 'writefailed' - if writing to disk fails, this callback is called with

  <?php
array(destfile,errmsg)
?>

If an HTTP proxy has been configured (http_proxy PEAR_Config setting), the proxy will be used.

Parameter

Return value

string - Returns the full path of the downloaded file or a PEAR error on failure. If the error is caused by socket-related errors, the error object will have the fsockopen error code available through getCode().

Throws

Possible PEAR_Error values

Error code	Error value	Meaning	Solution
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Note

This function can not be called statically.