FTP upload using fopen under windows

[Anon]

Has anyone got an FTP file upload to a windows machine to work using the fopen, fwrite and fclose functions? I keep getting 0KB files uploaded. I can FTP in to the directory using WS_FTP OK.

The code works fine on a Linux machine.

[mithril]

Dave,

fopen(), fwrite(), and fclose() are filesystem functions, not ftp, and used to manipulate files which already exist on the server.

The functions you need for ftp uploads are ftp_connect(), ftp_login(), ftp_put() or ftp_fput(), and ftp_quit().

See the FTP Functions section of the PHP Manual for info on their usage as well as the rest of the ftp functions available to you. HTH.

Geoff A. Virgo

[Anon]

Hi Geoff,

fopen can be used for FTP functions using

$fp = fopen ("ftp://user:[e-mail]/", "w");

I was aware of the more specific FTP functions but thought they were only in a version of PHP later than the version that my hosting ISP uses. On further investigation I find I might be able to use them :-) I'll investigate further.

I'm still curious as to why I can get FTP to work fine on Linux but the same code fails on WinNT.

Dave

[Anon]

I use WinMe and I upolad files via FTP all the time with no problems, except one. Because of the way my webhost has set up Apache, I cannot write or append to these files. Apache owns them, not me.

However, if I allow my PHP script to create the file on their server, I can then append or write to it. But I can't edit the file. IOW, if I download the file, edit it locally, and upload it, it then takes away my write priviliges -- not very useful.

Changing directory permissions doesn't help much either. Any file I upload via FTP is still owned by the server, not me.

And yes, I am looking for a new webhost who can get this thing right.

I don't know if that sheds any light on your situation, but I think it might since you mentioned using fwrite().