imagecreatefromjpeg() HTTP request failure

Question

i am using this function to copy an image from a given url.

i am getting this error:

Warning: imagecreatefromjpeg(http://preview.netcarshow.com/Ford-Focus_RS500-2011-hd.jpg): failed to open stream: HTTP request failed! HTTP/1.0 403 Forbidden in /var/www/clients/client2/web3/web/process/updatebuildinfo.php on line 68 Warning: imagejpeg() expects parameter 1 to be resource, boolean given in /var/www/clients/client2/web3/web/process/updatebuildinfo.php on line 69 Warning: imagedestroy() expects parameter 1 to be resource, boolean given in /var/www/clients/client2/web3/web/process/updatebuildinfo.php on line 70 AdminCraig,376http://preview.netcarshow.com/Ford-Focus_RS500-2011-hd.jpg

The code im using is this:

$imagefile = $_POST['updatebuildcover'];
$resource = imagecreatefromjpeg($imagefile);
imagejpeg($resource, "images/covers/$imagepath.jpeg", 25);
imagedestroy($resource);
echo $imagepath;
echo $imagefile;

The image path is a string thats created earlier on, and as you can see when i echo both of the $imagefile and the path they are working fine.

I have used this exact code before and worked fine.

Any ideas on whats causing this?

Answer 1

It seems that the destination website (preview.netcarshow.com) is rejecting your GET request, as you can see the HTTP 403 status code:

HTTP/1.0 403 Forbidden

This is an HTTP error thrown by the web server.

Maybe the mentioned web server reject the download from automated scripts?