PHP: ftp_connect() function

Last update on August 19 2022 21:50:40 (UTC/GMT +8 hours)

Description

The ftp_connect() function opens an FTP connection to a server.

Version:

(PHP 4 and above)

Syntax:

ftp_connect(host, port, timeout)

Parameters:

Name	Description	Required / Optional	Type
host	The address of FTP server. This parameter shouldn't be suffixed with trailing slashes and shouldn't be prefixed with ftp://.	Required	string
port	Specifies a port number other than default ftp port 21. If not set or set to zero port 21 is used.	Optional	integer
timeout	Specifies the timeout other than default value 90 seconds for all subsequent network operations. If not set , the default value is 90 seconds.	Optional	integer

Return value:

Returns an FTP stream on success or FALSE on error.

Value Type: Resource.

Example:

<?php
$ftp_server="192.168.0.2";
$conn_id = ftp_connect($ftp_server) or die("Couldn't connect to $ftp_server"); 
if (!ftp_connect($ftp_server))
echo "not connected";
else
echo "successful connected";
?>

Output:

successful connected

See also

PHP Function Reference

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