How can PHP developers work around restrictions imposed by certain hosting providers, such as limitations on file permissions and FTP access, when trying to download files using PHP?

Certain hosting providers may impose restrictions on file permissions and FTP access, making it difficult for PHP developers to download files using traditional methods. One workaround is to use cURL, a library that allows you to transfer data with URLs. By using cURL in PHP, developers can bypass these restrictions and download files from remote servers. 

<?php

$remoteFile = 'http://example.com/file-to-download.zip';
$localFile = 'downloaded-file.zip';

$ch = curl_init($remoteFile);
$fp = fopen($localFile, 'w');

curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_FILE, $fp);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HEADER, 0);

curl_exec($ch);
curl_close($ch);
fclose($fp);

echo 'File downloaded successfully!';

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