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Text lesson

ftp_fget()

Example

Download a file from the FTP server and write it to an open local file.

<?php
// connect and login to FTP server
$ftp_server = “ftp.example.com”;
$ftp_conn = ftp_connect($ftp_server) or die(“Could not connect to $ftp_server”);
$login = ftp_login($ftp_conn, $ftp_username, $ftp_userpass);

$server_file = “somefile.txt”;

// open local file to write to
$local_file = “local.txt”;
$fp = fopen($local_file,“w”);

// download server file and save it to open local file
if (ftp_fget($ftp_conn, $fp, $server_file, FTP_ASCII, 0))
{
echo “Successfully written to $local_file.”;
}
else
{
echo “Error downloading $server_file.”;
}

// close connection and file handler
ftp_close($ftp_conn);
fclose($fp);
?>

Definition and Usage

The ftp_fget() function downloads a file from the FTP server and saves it to an open local file.

Syntax

ftp_fget(ftp_conn, open_file, server_file, mode, startpos);

Parameter Values

Parameter	Description
ftp_conn	Mandatory. Specifies the FTP connection to use.
open_file	Mandatory. Specifies an open local file where the data will be stored.
server_file	Mandatory. Specifies the file on the server to download.
mode	Optional. Specifies the transfer mode, which can be `FTP_ASCII` or `FTP_BINARY`.
startpos	Optional. Specifies the starting position in the remote file from which to begin downloading.

Technical Details

Return Value:	Returns `TRUE` on success and `FALSE` on failure.
PHP Version:	4+
PHP Changelog:	In PHP 7.3, the `mode` parameter was made optional. In PHP 4.3, the `startpos` parameter was introduced.