PHP ActiveX

Passive FTP Download

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Simple example to download a file from an FTP server using passive mode. PHP ActiveX

<?php

$success = 0;

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

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

$ftp->Hostname = 'ftp.example.com';
$ftp->Username = 'login';
$ftp->Password = 'password';

// Use passive mode:
$ftp->Passive = 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 file is located.
// This step is only necessary if the file is not in the root directory
// for the FTP account.
$success = $ftp->ChangeRemoteDir('junk');
if ($success != 1) {
    print $ftp->LastErrorText . "\n";
    exit;
}

// Download a file.
$localFilename = 'hamlet.xml';
$remoteFilename = 'hamlet.xml';

$success = $ftp->GetFile($remoteFilename,$localFilename);
if ($success != 1) {
    print $ftp->LastErrorText . "\n";
    exit;
}

$success = $ftp->Disconnect();

print 'File Downloaded!' . "\n";

?>