remote_file_downloader.php

<?php

function http_get_file($remote_url, $local_file)    {
        
  $fp = fopen($local_file, 'w');
        
  $cp = curl_init($remote_url);
  curl_setopt($cp, CURLOPT_FILE, $fp);
        
  $buffer = curl_exec($cp);
        
  curl_close($cp);
  fclose($fp);
        
  return true;
}

$src = "http://www.domain.com/remotefile.zip";
$dsr = "remotefile.zip";

echo http_get_file($src, $dsr );