read with fopen from ftp server

[pixsta]

Hello,
I am trying to read this file from the ftpserver with fopen:

$fd = fopen("ftp://ftp.suse.de/pub/suse/i386/7.0/suse1/openssls.rpm", "r");

if ($fd)
{ print"The file exists!"; }
else
{ print"The file does not exist"; }

The file exitsts and PASSIVE mode is supported by the server.
But I get this error, when I run the script:

Warning: fopen("ftp://ftp.suse.de/pub/suse/i386/7.0/suse1/openssls.rpm", "r") - Success in /home/www/test.php on line 20
The file does not exist

Do have an idea why it's not working?

thanks,
harry

[Anon]

Have you tried supplying a username and password, which the ftp server would be expecting?

$fd = fopen("ftp://user:[e-mail]/pub/suse/i386/7.0/suse1/openssls.rpm", "r");

"user" could probably be "anonymous", in which case "password" would probably be expected to be an email address "someone%40example.com" might work (where the %40 is a URL-encoded @), but generally speaking an anonymous user's password is not really important.

[pixsta]

yes I have tried this, but it still does not work.

[Anon]

shoot me for a n00b who hasn't tested this, but why not just use the ftpfunctions to open a connection and then get the filesize, or whatever, to check for existance?

Even if you don't keep that method, it'll allow you to get an idea of where the problem is...

As to why it isn't working, perhaps opening remote files has been disabled (php.ini)...