how to use ftp?

Anon

I am a new php user in China and I met many many troubles in learning it🙁I wish u could help me,thanks ahead!
I knew that it's viable to upload files with form and http,however I want to use ftp to upload files,but after so many times try,I always can't succeed with the funtion of ftp_put or ftp_get,I can't think out the reason,the wrong message is:can't open the destinated files in the server side or the local side.I wonder this fault whether related to the configuration of the Apache server?who can help me?
and,I just could propagate the session variable with the method of writing it into the cookie,but can't with the method using the URI parameters,why?anybody could help me?
these problems tortured me hardly🙁
pls help me!

Anon

The FTP functions in PHP are designed to work with files already existing on your web server. In order to get a file onto your webserver, you can either use FORM's with INPUT TYPE=FILE, or you can run an FTP daemon which will accept FTP connections.

The FTP daemon runs outside of PHP, so it is difficult to get PHP and the FTP daemon to work with each other.

With your cookie problems, try --enable-trans-sid (I think) when compiling PHP

--Robert

Anon

thanks your kind help,but I still have many questions need your help.If u think those questions are too easy and stupid,pls don't be laugh at me becuase I am a newbie in PHP🙁
As u said,the FTP daemon runs outside of PHP,whether that means that the ftp functions in PHP just be work under the ftp daemon?if not,then,how to use them to upload files?specificlly,how to use ftp_put or ftp_get to deal with the files?
I can feel that php is very interesting and powerful,I wish I could master it under your help.
Thanks again!

Anon

hi juliet,
let me try to help you. this works on my server.
try the following:

<FORM ACTION="<? echo $PHP_SELF ?>" METHOD=POST ENCTYPE="multipart/form-data">
<INPUT TYPE=FILE NAME="uploadfile">
<INPUT TYPE=SUBMIT NAME="go">
</FORM>

<?
$ftpserver="";
$ftpuser="";
$ftppass="";

if($go){
$conn=ftp_connect($ftpserver);
ftp_login($conn,$ftpuser,$ftppass);
$success=ftp_put($conn, $uploadfile_name, $uploadfile, FTPASCII);
ftp_quit($conn);
if($success==1) echo "GOT IT!"
}
?>

copy that to a blank script and save it as
whateveryoulike.php to your server root.
do not forget to fill in the ftpserver,user,pass....
it should at least upload the chosen file.
but i dont know about the download, either.

let me know if it worked....
never give up!