ftp_get

Description

bool ftp_get ( resource ftp_stream, string local_file, string remote_file, int mode [, int resumepos])

ftp_get() retrieves remote_file from the FTP server, and saves it to local_file locally. The transfer mode specified must be either FTP_ASCII or FTP_BINARY.

Returns TRUE on success or FALSE on failure.

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); ?>

See also ftp_fget(), ftp_nb_get() and ftp_nb_fget().