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
Parameter | Description |
---|---|
ftp_conn | Specifies the FTP connection to use (required) |
remote_files | Specifies the file path to upload to (required) |
local_file | Specifies the path of the local file to upload (required) |
mode | Specifies the transfer mode:
|
startpos | Specifies 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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