ftp_fget
(PHP 3 >= 3.0.13, PHP 4, PHP 5)
ftp_fget -- Downloads 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_file, FTP_ASCII, 0)) {
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);
?>
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