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 )
?>