We will see how to download and save the file from a URL in PHP. We will also understand the different ways to implement it through some examples. There are many approaches to download a file from a URL, some of them are discussed below:

1. Using “file_get_contents()”
2. Using “curl”

<?php
  
    // Initialize a file URL to the variable
    $url = 
    'https://www.myserver.com/uploads/gfg-40.png';
      
    // Use basename() function to return the base name of file
    $file_name = basename($url);
      
    // Use file_get_contents() function to get the file
    // from url and use file_put_contents() function to
    // save the file by using base name
    if (file_put_contents($file_name, file_get_contents($url)))
    {
        echo "File downloaded successfully";
    }
    else
    {
        echo "File downloading failed.";
    }
?>

<?php
  // Initialize a file URL to the variable
  $url = 
  'https://www.myserver.com/uploads/gfg-40.png';
  
  // Initialize the cURL session
  $ch = curl_init($url);
  
  // Initialize directory name where
  // file will be save
  $dir = './';
  
  // Use basename() function to return
  // the base name of file
  $file_name = basename($url);
  
  // Save file into file location
  $save_file_loc = $dir . $file_name;
  
  // Open file
  $fp = fopen($save_file_loc, 'wb');
  
  // It set an option for a cURL transfer
  curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_FILE, $fp);
  curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HEADER, 0);
  
  // Perform a cURL session
  curl_exec($ch);
  
  // Closes a cURL session and frees all resources
  curl_close($ch);
  
  // Close file
  fclose($fp);
?>