PHP Manual: Downloads a file from the FTP server

Description

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.

Return Values

Returns TRUE on success or FALSE on failure.

Examples

Example #1 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);

?>

ftp_get

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