php get file content from url code example

Example 1: php get file contents

<?php
file_get_contents("file.txt");
?>

Example 2: php get file location

# C:\Users\Redacted\Desktop\main.php
include __DIR__ . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . 'include.php';
echoScriptPath();

# C:\Users\Redacted\Desktop\include.php
function echoScriptPath() {
    list($scriptPath) = get_included_files();
    echo 'The script being executed is ' . $scriptPath;
}

Example 3: transfer file using file_get_content

$filename = "/path/to/uploaded/file.zip";
$file_contents = file_get_contents($filename);    

$content =  "--".MULTIPART_BOUNDARY."\r\n".
            "Content-Disposition: form-data; name=\"".FORM_FIELD."\"; filename=\"".basename($filename)."\"\r\n".
            "Content-Type: application/zip\r\n\r\n".
            $file_contents."\r\n";

// add some POST fields to the request too: $_POST['foo'] = 'bar'
$content .= "--".MULTIPART_BOUNDARY."\r\n".
            "Content-Disposition: form-data; name=\"foo\"\r\n\r\n".
            "bar\r\n";

// signal end of request (note the trailing "--")
$content .= "--".MULTIPART_BOUNDARY."--\r\n";