PHP ftp_fget() Function

The ftp_fget() function is used to downloads a file from the FTP server and saves to an open file. This function was introduced in PHP 4.

Syntax:

bool ftp_fget ( resource $ftp_stream , resource $handle , string $remote_file [, int $mode = FTP_IMAGE [, int $resumepos = 0 ]] );

Parameter	Description	Is compulsory
ftp_stream	The link identifier of the FTP connection.	compulsory
handle	An open file pointer in which we store the data.	compulsory
remote_file	The remote file path.	compulsory
mode	The transfer mode. Must be either FTP_ASCII or FTP_BINARY	compulsory
resumepos	The position in the remote file to start downloading from	Optional

Returns

The ftp_fget( ) function returns true on success or false on failure.

Example 1

<?php
// connect and login to FTP server
$ftp_server = "ftp.javatpoint.com";
$ftp_conn = ftp_connect($ftp_server) or die("Could not connect to $ftp_server");
$login = ftp_login($ftp_conn, $ftp_username, $ftp_userpass);
$server_file = "yourfile.txt";
// open local file to write to
$local_file = "local.txt";
$fp = fopen($local_file,"w");
// download server file and save it to open local file
if (ftp_fget($ftp_conn, $fp, $server_file, FTP_ASCII, 0))
{
echo "Successfully written to $local_file.";
}
else
{
echo "Error downloading $server_file.";
}
// close connection and file handler
ftp_close($ftp_conn);
fclose($fp);
?>

Explanation

In the above example, by using ftp_fget() function we are downloading a file from the FTP server and saves to an open file.

Example 2

<?php
// path to remote file
$remote_file = 'myfile.txt';
$local_file = 'yourfile.txt';
// open some file to write to
$handle = fopen($local_file, 'w');
// 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 $remote_file and save it to $handle
if (ftp_fget($conn_id, $handle, $remote_file, FTP_ASCII, 0)) 
{
echo "successfully written to $local_file\n";
}
	else
{
		echo "There was a problem while downloading $remote_file to $local_file\n";
}
// close the connection and the file handler
ftp_close($conn_id);
fclose($handle);
?>

Explanation

In the above example, by using ftp_fget() function we are downloading the file from FTP server and saves on the given location.

Example 3

<?php
// path to remote file
$remote_file = 'javafile.txt';
$local_file = 'phpfile.txt';
// open some file to write to
$handle = fopen($local_file, 'w');
// 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 $remote_file and save it to $handle
if (ftp_fget($conn_id, $handle, $remote_file, FTP_ASCII, 0)) 
{
echo "successfully written to $local_file\n";
} 
else
{
echo "There was a error while downloading $remote_file to $local_file\n";
}
// close the connection and the file handler
ftp_close($conn_id);
fclose($handle);
?>