ftp_connect() and IP address

Anon

Hi everybody !

I encounter a problem that bother me for 2 days now !

I manage to use the php function ftp_connect() with an host name like ftp.multimania.com (i use the connection script of the PHP manual).
But the server i want to use got an IP Address : i try with that and it doesn't work !
Can somebody explain me the reason why ?

and if i have to use an host name like ftp.blahblah.com or if i can fix it with an IP address ? Please !

Fonkyseb
(excuse my english, coz i'm a french dude!! 😉 )

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What is the error you get?

A forum, a FAQ, what else do you need?

Time to YAPF!: http://www.hvt-automation.nl/yapf/

Anon

actually, i check my connection with this code :

$conn_id = ftp_connect($ftp_server);
login_result = ftp_login($conn_id, $ftp_user_name, $ftp_user_pass);
if ((!$conn_id) || (!$login_result)) {
echo "Connection FTP failed!";

die;
} else {
echo "Connected to ".$ftp_server;
}

with $ftp_server as an IP Address, ftp_connect() return false. if i use an host name like ftp.multimania.com ,for instance,it works....

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First, change that code, because now you can't tell wether your connection failed, or wether you just could not login.

Then make sure you are using the right IP number.

Anon

i already checked this out ! 😉
it is my connection that failed and it's the right IP Address and i can reach it via the browser (IE5).....
I just don't understand why it works with an host name and it doesn't with the IP Address !

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It should work with the IP just as well as with the hostname.

I take it you enter the IP as a string: "1.2.3.4"?

Anon

yep !
i enter $ftp_server="1.2.3.4";
and then i use it in ftp_connect()
I'm quite lost right now coz I can reach this IP Address using a software like leechFTP ,for instance, and it still does not work with ftp_connect()....
:-(((((

Anon

Thanx for your help Vincent !
It seems that this function really DOES NOT WORK with the IP directly !
I use the function
gethostbyaddr("IP_Address");

It transforms the IP into a domain name and it seems to work !

🙂)))