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ftp_fput()

Example

Open a local file and upload it to the FTP server.

<?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);

// open file for reading
$file = “test.txt”;
$fp = fopen($file,“r”);

// upload file
if (ftp_fput($ftp_conn, “somefile.txt”, $fp, FTP_ASCII))
  {
  echo “Successfully uploaded $file.”;
  }
else
  {
  echo “Error uploading $file.”;
  }

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

Definition and Usage

The ftp_fput() function uploads data from an open file and saves it to a file on the FTP server.

Syntax

ftp_fput(ftp_conn, remote_file, open_file, mode, startpos);

Parameter Values

Parameter

Description

ftp_conn

Mandatory. Specifies the FTP connection to use.

remote_file

Mandatory. Specifies the path of the file to upload.

open_file

Mandatory. Specifies an open local file; reading continues until the end of the file.

mode

Optional. Specifies the transfer mode, which can be FTP_ASCII or FTP_BINARY.

startpos

Optional. Specifies the position in the remote file at which to begin uploading.

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, and in PHP 4.3, the startpos parameter was introduced.