PHP ActiveX

FTP Download Binary File to a Stream

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Demonstrates how to FTP download a binary file to a Chilkat stream.

Note: This example requires Chilkat v9.5.0.67 or greater.

PHP ActiveX

<?php

$success = 0;

// This example assumes the Chilkat FTP2 API to have been previously unlocked.
// See FTP2 Unlock Sample for sample code.

$ftp = new COM("Chilkat.Ftp2");

$ftp->Hostname = 'www.my-ftp-server.com';
$ftp->Username = 'mFtpLogin';
$ftp->Password = 'myFtpPassword';
$ftp->AuthTls = 1;
$ftp->Passive = 1;

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

// We'll read the incoming data chunk-by-chunk and write to an output file.
$fac = new COM("Chilkat.FileAccess");
$success = $fac->OpenForWrite('qa_output/penguins2.jpg');
if ($success != 1) {
    print $fac->LastErrorText . "\n";
    exit;
}

$streamObj = new COM("Chilkat.Stream");

// Create a task to do the FTP download.
// t is a Chilkat.Task
$t = $ftp->GetFileToStreamAsync('penguins2.jpg',$streamObj);
if ($ftp->LastMethodSuccess != 1) {
    print $ftp->LastErrorText . "\n";
    exit;
}

// Start the task in a background thread.
$t->Run();

$bd = new COM("Chilkat.BinData");
while ($streamObj->EndOfStream != 1) {
    // Get the next chunk of JPG bytes.
    $streamObj->ReadBd($bd);
    // Do something with it..
    // In this simple example, we'll just write to the file.
    $fac->FileWriteBd($bd,0,0);
    // Clear for the next read.
    $bd->Clear();
}

$fac->FileClose();

print 'Success.' . "\n";

?>