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ftp_connect

(PHP 3 >= 3.0.13, PHP 4, PHP 5)

ftp_connect -- Opens an FTP connection

Description

resource ftp_connect ( string host [, int port [, int timeout]] )

ftp_connect() opens an FTP connection to the specified host.

Parameters

host: The FTP server address. This parameter shouldn't have any trailing slashes and shouldn't be prefixed with ftp://.
port: This parameter specifies an alternate port to connect to. If it is omitted or set to zero, then the default FTP port, 21, will be used.
timeout: This parameter specifies the timeout for all subsequent network operations. If omitted, the default value is 90 seconds. The timeout can be changed and queried at any time with ftp_set_option() and ftp_get_option().

Return Values

Returns a FTP stream on success or FALSE on error.

Examples

Example 1. ftp_connect() example


<?php

$ftp_server = "ftp.example.com";

// set up a connection or die
$conn_id = ftp_connect($ftp_server) or die("Couldn't connect to $ftp_server"); 

?>

ChangeLog

Version	Description
4.2.0	`timeout` was added.

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