ftp_get() download

[almightymike]

HI!

how can i make ftp_get() to directly download on my local PC not on the server with my scripts.

this saves to my server
$upload = ftp_get($conn_id, $file, $file, FTP_BINARY);

if i include a path, it returns an error.

help me😃 . thanks

[tsinka]

Hi,

use ftp_chdir() prior to calling ftp_get() 🙂

[almightymike]

but this will just change the directory of the source ftp server. what i'm trying to do is to get the file from the source ftp server and download it on a particular folder on my server. BETTER if i can just directly download it to my local station. Is this possible?

[tsinka]

Hi,

you can't do that directly but you can download it to a directory to on the server and send it to your client station within the script.
Download it to your server and then send the file with header calls and readfile to your browser.

You can send it to your browser with e.g.

header("Content-type: application/octet-stream");
header("Content-disposition: attachment; filename=\"$filename\"");

@readfile($thefile);

You might have to test if you can delete the file after readfile() to prevent that the files remain on the server.

You might need to use application/force-download or application/RFC822 depending on your browser.