(PHP 4, PHP 5, PHP 7)
Downloads a file from the FTP server and saves to an open file
bool ftp_fget ( resource $ftp_stream, resource $handle, string $remote_file, int $mode [, int $resumepos = 0 ] )
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.
Returns:
Returns TRUE
on success or FALSE
on failure.
Examples:
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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