API17:JInstallerHelper::downloadPackage

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JInstallerHelper::downloadPackage

Description

Downloads a package.

public static function downloadPackage (
        $url
        $target=false
)

Parameter	Type	Default	Description
$url	string		URL of file to download
$target	string	false	Download target filename [optional]

• Returns mixed Path to downloaded package or boolean false on failure
• Defined on line 38 of libraries/joomla/installer/helper.php
• Since

See also

• JInstallerHelper::downloadPackage source code on BitBucket
• Class JInstallerHelper
• Subpackage Installer
• Other versions of JInstallerHelper::downloadPackage

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