FTP_Get problems

pmconaway

Ok, maybe i'm not understanding things correctly. What I'm trying to do is download a file from an ftp site. I've quoted the part of the script below. Everything is set correctly for the connection. $localfile - is what I want to save the downloaded file as. $content is the filename on the remote server. What I don't understand is the error. newfile.104 doesn't exist yet on my local drive since I haven't downloaded anything yet. What am I doing wrong?

$localfile = "newfile.104";
$content = "114_11522_1022_rpt.103";

$result = ftp_get($conn_id, $localfile, $content, FTP_BINARY);

Warning: ftp_get(): Error opening newfile.104 in /Library/Apache2/htdocs/ftp.php on line 11

weekender

i have the chm download of the php manual, which includes user notes. The first note isn't the same as on the website manual but states that the local file argument (passed to ftp_get) is not a string, it's a file handle.

i think you get file handles with fopen()

adam

pmconaway

thanks Adam, I have downloaded the the pdf version of the manual from the website. What is the chm download you speak of?

weekender

no problem - the chm is the windows help file. It's really good, i use it constantly. It is downloadable from

http://uk2.php.net/download-docs.php

pmconaway

That must by why I have never heard of them. I'm on a Mac. 🙂 Your suggestion did help but now I'm having permission problems. I can't create the file in the local directory.