How can one handle copying a file from a remote server when only a directory link is provided in PHP?

When only a directory link is provided for a file on a remote server, you can use PHP's file_get_contents() function to retrieve the file contents and then write them to a new file on your local server using file_put_contents(). This way, you can effectively copy the file from the remote server to your local server.

<?php

$remoteFile = 'http://example.com/path/to/remote/file.txt';
$localFile = 'local_file.txt';

// Get file contents from remote server
$fileContents = file_get_contents($remoteFile);

// Write file contents to local server
file_put_contents($localFile, $fileContents);

echo 'File copied successfully!';