... For example, you can use this to open a file on a remote web server, parse the output for the data you want, and then use that data in a database query, or simply to output it in a style matching the rest of your website. ... Getting the title of a remote page . ... php $file = fopen ("ftp://ftp.php.net/incoming/outputfile", "w"); if (!$file) { echo "<p>Unable to open remote file for writing.\n"; exit; } /* Write the data here. */ fputs ($file, "$HTTP_USER_AGENT\n"); fclose ($file); ?> ...