ftp_fget() function in PHP

The ftp_fget() function is used to downloads file from the FTP server and save it into an open local file

Syntax

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

Parameters

• con − The FTP connection

• open_file − A file where the data is stored

• server_file − The server file to download

• mode − The transfer mode

• startpos − The position to begin downloading from. Added in PHP 4.3.0.

Return

The ftp_fget() function returns TRUE on success and FALSE on failure.

Example

The following is an example wherein we will download server file “demo.txt” and save it to open local file “new.txt” −

<?php
   $ftp_server="192.168.0.4";
   $ftp_user="amit";
   $ftp_pass="tywg61gh";
   $con = ftp_connect($ftp_server) or die("Could not connect to $ftp_server");
   $login = ftp_login($con, $ftp_user, $ftp_pass);
   $my_serverfile = "demo.txt";  
   $local_file = "new.txt";
   $file_pointer = fopen($local_file,"w");
   if (ftp_fget($con, $file_pointer, $my_serverfile, FTP_ASCII, 0)) {
      echo "Written to $local_file!";
   } else {
      echo "Error in downloading the $my_serverfile!";
   }
   ftp_close($con);
   fclose($file_pointer);
?>