ftp_nb_fget() function in PHP


The ftp_nb_fget() function downloads a file from the FTP server and saves it into an open file.

Syntax

ftp_nb_fget(con,open_file,server_file,transfer_mode,beg_pos);

Parameters

  • con − The FTP connection

  • open_file − The local data is stored here.

  • server_file − The server file to download.

  • transfer_mode − This is the transfer mode. The following are the possible values:

    - FTP_ASCII, or

    - FTP_BINARY

  • beg_pos − The position to begin the downloading

Return

The ftp_nb_fget() function returns any of the following values −

  • FTP_FAILED − send/receive failed

  • FTP_FINISHED − send/receive completed

  • FTP_MOREDATA − send/receive in progress

Example

The following is an example −

<?php
   $ftp_server="192.168.0.4";
   $ftp_user="jacob";
   $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");
   $c = ftp_nb_fget($con, $file_pointer , $my_serverfile, FTP_BINARY)
   while ($c == FTP_MOREDATA){
      // continue downloading
      $c = ftp_nb_continue($con);
   }
   if ($c != FTP_FINISHED){
      echo "Error downloading the server file!";
      exit(1);
   }
   // close
   ftp_close($con);
   fclose($file_pointer )
?>

Samual Sam
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Updated on: 30-Jul-2019

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