(PHP ActiveX) Download Text File into String Variable

Download a text file directly into a string variable.

Chilkat ActiveX Downloads ActiveX for 32-bit and 64-bit Windows Note: The php_com_dotnet.dll may need to be enabled inside of php.ini.

<?php

// This example requires the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
// See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

// For versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0, use new COM('Chilkat_9_5_0.Chilkat.Ftp2')
$ftp = new COM("Chilkat.Ftp2");

$ftp->Hostname = 'ftp.someFtpServer.com';
$ftp->Username = 'myFtpUserAccount';
$ftp->Password = 'myFtpPassword';

// Set other possible settings...
// See http://www.cknotes.com/determining-ftp2-connection-settings/ 
// for more information about FTP connection settings.
$ftp->Passive = 1;
$ftp->AuthTls = 1;

// Connect and login to the FTP server.
$success = $ftp->Connect();
if ($success != 1) {
    print $ftp->LastErrorText . "\n";
    exit;
}

// Change to the remote directory where the existing file is located.
$success = $ftp->ChangeRemoteDir('junk');
if ($success != 1) {
    print $ftp->LastErrorText . "\n";
    exit;
}

// Download the contents of the remote file into a string variable.

// The GetRemoteFileTextData method assumes the remote file contains ANSI chars.
// To download text files containing non-ANSI text, such as utf-8, call GetRemoteFileTextC
// instead. (see below)
$fileContents = $ftp->getRemoteFileTextData('ansiText.txt');
if ($ftp->LastMethodSuccess != 1) {
    print $ftp->LastErrorText . "\n";
    exit;
}
else {
    print $fileContents . "\n";
}

// To download a remote text file containing utf-8 chars, 
// call GetRemoteFileTextC and pass "utf-8" for the 2nd arg.  This tells
// Chilkat to interpret the incoming bytes according to the utf-8 character encoding.

$fileContents = $ftp->getRemoteFileTextC('utf8Text.txt','utf-8');
if ($ftp->LastMethodSuccess != 1) {
    print $ftp->LastErrorText . "\n";
    exit;
}
else {
    print $fileContents . "\n";
}

$success = $ftp->Disconnect();

?>