$ch = curl_init ('http://www.mobypicture.com/index.php?cmd=image&action=mid&imgid=12022'); curl_setopt($ch, curlOPT_HEADER, 0); curl_setopt($ch, curlOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1); curl_setopt($ch, curlOPT_BINARYTRANSFER,1); curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION, 1); // allow redirects $rawdata=curl_exec ($ch); curl_close ($ch); $fp = fopen("image.jpg",'w'); fwrite($fp, $rawdata); fclose($fp);