Download a file from server using php and curl

servercurl.php

<?php
// create a new cURL resource
$ch = curl_init();
$URL = "HTTP - Direct-Link";
$filename = "nameofthefile.extension";

// set URL and other appropriate options
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, $URL);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1); 
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HEADER, 0);

// grab URL and pass it to the browser
$out = curl_exec($ch);

// close cURL resource, and free up system resources
curl_close($ch);


$fp = fopen($filename, 'w');
fwrite($fp, $out);
fclose($fp);


echo "Hecho!";

?>