download from ftp

[kruisje]

i have a http and an ftp server running. i've made a php page to login to the ftp server. is there a way, to let a user select a file from the ftp server for download (on an php page) and have this file downloaded directly to the user?

because with the ftp_get() function, i can only download to the http server.

[[deleted]]

Just make a link to the ftp server:

<A href="ftp://path/to/file">download</a>
You may have to add username and password in the link.

[kruisje]

yes, i know that's an option, but when i want to log in using passwords, the password will be in the source file. and that's not so nice

[[deleted]]

Well then the simplest solutions would be to copy those files to the webserver and passthru() them to the client.