PHP Reference

Quick Reference

The PHP ftp_put() function uploads a file to the FTP server.

<?php
// connect and login to FTP server
$ftp_server = 'ftp.example.com';

$ftp_conn = ftp_connect($ftp_server) or die('Could not connect to ' . $ftp_server);
$login = ftp_login($ftp_conn, $ftp_username, $ftp_userpass);

// open file
$file = 'local-file.txt';

// upload file
if (ftp_put($ftp_conn, 'server-file.txt', $file, FTP_ASCII)) {
    echo 'File successfully uploaded';
}
else {
    echo 'Error uploading file';
}

// close connection
ftp_close($ftp_conn);
?>

Output

// uploads a local file to a file on the FTP server

Syntax

ftp_put(ftp_conn, remote_file, local_file, mode, startpos)

Parameters

ParameterDescription
ftp_connSpecifies the FTP connection to use (required)
remote_filesSpecifies the file path to upload to (required)
local_fileSpecifies the path of the local file to upload (required)
modeSpecifies the transfer mode:

  • FTP_ASCII

  • FTP_BINARY

startposSpecifies the position in the remote file to start uploading to

PHP Notes:

  • When using PHP, single or double quotation marks are acceptable and work identically to one another; choose whichever you prefer, and stay consistent
  • Arrays count starting from zero NOT one; so item 1 is position [0], item 2 is position [1], and item 3 is position [2] … and so on

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