$server = 'ftp.remoteserver.com';
$username = 'myusername';
$password = 'mypassword';
$remoteFile = 'the-product-feed.csv';
$conn = ftp_connect($server);
if (@ftp_login($conn, $username, $password)) {
echo "Connected to FTP as $username\n";
}
else {
echo 'Could not authenticate on FTP server';
}
ftp_pasv($conn, true); /* try it with and without this line to see which works (depends on server) */
ob_start();
ftp_get($conn, 'php://output', $remoteFile, FTP_ASCII);
$data = ob_get_contents();
ob_end_clean();
ftp_close($conn);
var_dump($data); // output data
PHP Get file from FTP and store to variable
This code example demonstrates the use of PHP's ftp commands to retrieve a file from a remote server, then store it's contents in a variable.
This is often more desirable than storing the file on the local machine, then reading the file contents.
Note the use of the ftp_pasv() function to put the connection into PASSIVE mode. You'll need to try it with and without this option to see which works.
This is often more desirable than storing the file on the local machine, then reading the file contents.
Note the use of the ftp_pasv() function to put the connection into PASSIVE mode. You'll need to try it with and without this option to see which works.
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