Enabling FTP without recompiling 2

Anon

If I already submitted this, I am sorry. I got an error the first time.

I do not have access to recompile PHP, but I need to be able to use FTP functions which are not currently available. Is it possible to enable FTP functions by modifying the php.ini file? I am using PHP Version 4.0.6 on Unix.

theslinky

Yep, everyone is getting those messages. justt click BACK and goto "Got to top" and refresh... works for me :-)

as far as ftp function: i'm afraid it's not really possible to enable functions not compiled into PHP.

BUT: i'm pretty sure there are FTP classes which allow you to open/manage an FTP connection without using the ftp functions. They may be old code using sockets, but at least it'll work :-)

I'll look for such classes and if you have no luck with any method to solve your problem, post again and I'll let you know if I find any classes or alternate methods.

-sridhar

Anon

The method I have been using is the old ftp-through-the-browser trick...

ftp://user:pass@domain/

The problem is that the user information is variable and it doesn't always work. (I'm hoping this is the reason it is incredibly slow too...)

Thank you so much for responding. If you happen upon another method, feel free to post it. Judging by related posts, I think others would appreciate the info too.

Thanks :-)

theslinky

Hmm... I'm unable to find any FTP classes that do not use th ftp functions in PHP.

I could write a quick one to download/upload files using just sockets, but I may not have much time this week :-)

What do you plan to use the FTP for? downloading files?

If you are running linux, you can use wget or curl to upload download FTP files. It's very easy to compile and use from system() or exec().

Let me know what you plan to use FTP for and I can give you a sample usage of wget or curl along with a simple PHP code which calls this command.

Oh: there is wget for Windows as well (binary, no need to compile). So if you're on win, let me know so I can modify the program call a tiny bit.

-sridhar