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FTP Functions
Downloads a file from the FTP server and saves to an open file

ftp_fget

(PHP 4, PHP 5, PHP 7, PHP 8)

ftp_fget — Downloads a file from the FTP server and saves to an open file

Description

ftp_fget(
    FTP\Connection $ftp,
    resource $stream,
    string $remote_filename,
    int $mode = FTP_BINARY,
    int $offset = 0
): bool

ftp_fget() retrieves remote_filename from the FTP server, and writes it to the given file pointer.

Parameters

ftp: An FTP\Connection instance.
stream: An open file pointer in which we store the data.
remote_filename: The remote file path.
mode: The transfer mode. Must be either FTP_ASCII or FTP_BINARY.
offset: The position in the remote file to start downloading from.

Return Values

Returns true on success or false on failure.

Changelog

Version	Description
8.1.0	The `ftp` parameter expects an FTP\Connection instance now; previously, a resource was expected.
7.3.0	The `mode` parameter is now optional. Formerly it has been mandatory.

Examples

Example #1 ftp_fget() example

<?php

// path to remote file
$remote_file = 'somefile.txt';
$local_file = 'localfile.txt';

// open some file to write to
$handle = fopen($local_file, 'w');

// set up basic connection
$ftp = ftp_connect($ftp_server);

// login with username and password
$login_result = ftp_login($ftp, $ftp_user_name, $ftp_user_pass);

// try to download $remote_file and save it to $handle
if (ftp_fget($ftp, $handle, $remote_file, FTP_ASCII, 0)) {
echo "successfully written to $local_file\n";
} else {
echo "There was a problem while downloading $remote_file to $local_file\n";
}

// close the connection and the file handler
ftp_close($ftp);
fclose($handle);
?>