Upload an Image from a URL to Imgur

url2imgur.php

<?php
/**
 * Original script source http://designshack.net/articles/javascript/how-to-build-a-dynamic-imgur-upload-app-using-jquery-php/
 * 
 * http://playground.zaplabs.com/sandbox/qa/stackexchange/stackoverflow/17269448/index.php
 * http://playground.zaplabs.com/sandbox/qa/stackexchange/stackoverflow/17269448/index.php.source
 */
function uploadToImgur($image) {
	$client_id = "IMGUR_CLIENT_ID";

	$ch = curl_init();
	curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, 'https://api.imgur.com/3/image.json');
	curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POST, TRUE);
	curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, TRUE);
	curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER, false);
	curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HEADER, FALSE);
	curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, array( 'Authorization: Client-ID ' . $client_id ));
	curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, array( 'image' => $image, 'type' => 'url' ));

	$reply = curl_exec($ch);
	curl_close($ch);
	
	$reply = json_decode($reply);
	return strval($reply->data->link);
}