copy('http://www.remotewebsite.com/image.jgp','data/image.jpg');

//remote image to copy
$remoteImageURL = 'http://www.website.com/image.jpg';
 
//local directory to store image
$dir_path = '/images/'; 
 
if($remoteImageURL){ 
 
require_once('class.get.image.php');
 
// initialize the class
$image = new GetImage;
 
// just an image URL
$image->source = $remoteImageURL;
$image->save_to = $dir_path; // with trailing slash at the end
 
$get = $image->download('curl'); // using cURL
 
$pic = $dir_path.basename($remoteImageURL);
 
//you can use the picture path e.g. Insert into DB from this variable $pic