a little script that downloads and extracts wordpress

wp-install.php

<?php
// CONFIGURE YOUR INSTALL HERE
echo "<pre>";
echo "Step 0: Initalization";
$install_folder = "wordpress";
$wordpress_archive_url = "http://wordpress.org/latest.zip";
echo " - done \r\n";


// Execute

//Download File
echo "Step 1: Wordpress Download";
$file = "$install_folder.zip";
file_put_contents($file , fopen($wordpress_archive_url, 'r'));


echo " - done \r\n";

echo "Step 2: Unarchive Wordpress";
// get the absolute path to $file
$path = pathinfo(realpath($file), PATHINFO_DIRNAME);

$zip = new ZipArchive;
$res = $zip->open($file);
if ($res === TRUE) {
  // extract it to the path we determined above
  $zip->extractTo($path);
  $zip->close();  
} else {  
}

echo " - done \r\n";
//Delete Archive
echo "Step 3: Delete Archive";
unlink($file);
echo " - done \r\n";
echo "</pre>";
echo "<a href='/$install_folder'>Configure your new install</a>";
?>