(PHP 4, PHP 5, PHP 7)
Downloads a file from the FTP server
bool ftp_get ( resource $ftp_stream, string $local_file, string $remote_file, int $mode [, int $resumepos = 0 ] )
ftp_get() retrieves a remote file from the FTP server, and saves it into a local file.
Parameters:
ftp_stream
The link identifier of the FTP connection.
local_file
The local file path (will be overwritten if the file already exists).
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_get() example
<?php // define some variables $local_file = 'local.zip'; $server_file = 'server.zip'; // 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 $server_file and save to $local_file if (ftp_get($conn_id, $local_file, $server_file, FTP_BINARY)) { echo "Successfully written to $local_file\n"; } else { echo "There was a problem\n"; } // close the connection ftp_close($conn_id); ?>
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