Question

I’m using a php script to download large files from a server and then do some processing. How can I copy them to my external hard drive after I’m done processing them?

Update:
I can use copy(). How do I reference my external drive? It shows up as Iomega_HDD in finder. But

copy('test.jpg, 'Iomega_HDD/test2.jpg') 

doesn’t work.

Update2:

copy('test.jpg, '/Volumes/Iomega_HDD/test2.jpg') 

Did trick …

Answer 1

Just use any file function and specify the full path to the correct drive, assuming you have write access to that drive. Here is an example using file_put_contents.

In windows:

file_put_contents( 'E:\somefile.txt', $data);

In Linux:

file_put_contents( '/media/{yourdeviceID}/somefile.txt', $data);