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WOOF :: image_from_url( String $url, String $name = "", String $dir = "", String $assume_extension = "txt" )

Returns:

  • WOOF_Image An object representing the image, which can then be manipulated.
  • WOOF_Silent An object for silent failure, if the image could not be downloaded.

Downloads an image file from the given URL if it has not been downloaded before, caches it to a directory specified, and returns an image file object representing it.

Example:

Parameters:

  • String $url

    The URL of the file to retrieve

  • String $name = ""

    The name of the output file. If this is not specified, the function will automatically choose a name that is a hash on the URL, to guarantee its uniqueness.

  • String $dir = ""

    An absolute directory path to download the image to. If this is not specified, a default directory will be used.

  • String $assume_extension = "txt"

    The extension to assume if it cannot be inferred from the URL.

Related Methods:

WOOF::file_from_url

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MasterPress 1.3.10 is now available

9th November 2023

MasterPress 1.3.10 is a feature and bugfix release. Workaround for fatal error introduced by changes to WordPress’ wpdb class in WordPress 6.4. Added actions to MPC files upload_field & WF image save_image functions.

Plugin Requirements

MasterPress requires a minimum of WordPress version 4.9, MySQL 5.6, and PHP version 5.6.20.

We also recommend that PHP is configured to use a memory limit of 64MB per request (128MB may be required for sites with higher complexity).

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