Using file_get_contents() to retrieve data from multiple sources
PHP Code:
<?php
/* Read local file from /home/bar */
$localfile = file_get_contents("/home/bar/foo.txt");
/* Identical to above, explicitly naming FILE scheme */
$localfile = file_get_contents("file:///home/bar/foo.txt");
/* Read remote file from www.example.com using HTTP */
$httpfile = file_get_contents("http://www.example.com/foo.txt");
/* Read remote file from www.example.com using HTTPS */
$httpsfile = file_get_contents("https://www.example.com/foo.txt");
/* Read remote file from ftp.example.com using FTP */
$ftpfile = file_get_contents("ftp://user:pass@ftp.example.com/foo.txt");
/* Read remote file from ftp.example.com using FTPS */
$ftpsfile = file_get_contents("ftps://user:pass@ftp.example.com/foo.txt");
?>