ftp_fget

(PHP 4, PHP 5)

ftp_fgetDownloads a file from the FTP server and saves to an open file

Description

bool ftp_fget ( resource $ftp_stream , resource $handle , string $remote_file , int $mode [, int $resumepos ] )

ftp_fget() retrieves remote_file from the FTP server, and writes it to the given file pointer.

Parameters

ftp_stream

The link identifier of the FTP connection.

handle

An open file pointer in which we store the data.

remote_file

The remote file path.

mode

The transfer mode. Must be either FTP_ASCII or FTP_BINARY.

resumepos

The position in the remote file to start downloading from.

Return Values

Returns TRUE on success or FALSE on failure.

Examples

Example #1 ftp_fget() example

<?php

// path to remote file
$remote_file 'somefile.txt';
$local_file 'localfile.txt';

// open some file to write to
$handle fopen($local_file'w');

// set up basic connection
$conn_id ftp_connect($ftp_server);

// login with username and password
$login_result ftp_login($conn_id$ftp_user_name$ftp_user_pass);

// try to download $remote_file and save it to $handle
if (ftp_fget($conn_id$handle$remote_fileFTP_ASCII0)) {
 echo 
"successfully written to $local_file\n";
} else {
 echo 
"There was a problem while downloading $remote_file to $local_file\n";
}

// close the connection and the file handler
ftp_close($conn_id);
fclose($handle);
?>

ChangeLog

Version Description
4.3.0 resumepos was added.


    

 

 

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