(PHP 4, PHP 5)
ftp_fget — Downloads a file from the FTP server and saves to an open file
ftp_fget() retrieves remote_file from the FTP server, and writes it to the given file pointer.
The link identifier of the FTP connection.
An open file pointer in which we store the data.
The remote file path.
The transfer mode. Must be either FTP_ASCII or FTP_BINARY.
The position in the remote file to start downloading from.
Returns TRUE on success or FALSE on failure.
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);
?>
| Version | Description |
|---|---|
| 4.3.0 | resumepos was added. |