Redirect to an IP for FTP

[frozenstar]

I was wondering if there was any way to get php to simply redirect to an ip.

So I can open an ftp program and in the address type abc.com/index.php and the php will redirect to a specific ip.

The reason is that I have an ftp server at home with a dynamic ip, and I have a .co.uk address that supports php. So I want people to simply type in my static address and this will then redirect them to the ftp.

I know this is fairly easy if they were using IE as their FTP program, I could just use the header("Location: FTP://blah.com"); but I want them to be able to do this from the command line using any ftp software, so they can type ftp open blah.com/ip.php and php will forward/redirect to an IP I specify.

Thank you

Neil

[Wynder]

Neil,

The inherit issue you'll face there is that ftp applications will run on port 21 where web traffic usually runs on port 80. I haven't used much FTP software lately, but a lot of it, by default, is going to try to connect to the address you give it on port 21 -- some of the new stuff may recognize it's a website if you slap an http:// in front of it, but there's no 100% compliancy you'll get here.

[frozenstar]

Wynder wrote:

ftp applications will run on port 21

LOL

I can't believe I missed such an obvious thing. Thank you Wynder, I would have spent days trying to mess with the php code without even thinking that it's connecting on the wrong port.

No-ip.com here I come :-)

Thank you again Wynder

Neil

[Wynder]

You bet. 🙂