readImage from URL

[johnymac]

I'm sure this must of been asked a million times, sorry!

If you don't have the file local and you want to readImage, what is the best method?

at the mo I'm doing

$status = $resource->readImage(http://url/test.gif);

Thanks

[johnymac]

Duh.. Found this

viewtopic.php?f=10&t=13111

Thanks