Download a file from web to local

Use this function to download a file from web to local machine.

function WgetFile( $URL, $dir )
{
   $nomefile = $dir . "/" . basename( $URL );
   if ( copy( $URL, $nomefile ) ) {
      return true;
   }
   else {
      return false;
   }
}
 
//Save file to drive c:
WgetFile( 'http://vtwo.ir/src/v2-logo.png', 'c:/' );

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