PHP ftp_put() Function

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Example

Upload local file to a file on the FTP server:

<?php
// connect and login to FTP server
$ftp_server = "ftp.example.com";
$ftp_conn = ftp_connect($ftp_server) or die("Could not connect to $ftp_server");
$login = ftp_login($ftp_conn, $ftp_username, $ftp_userpass);

$file = "localfile.txt";

// upload file
if (ftp_put($ftp_conn, "serverfile.txt", $file, FTP_ASCII))
  {
  echo "Successfully uploaded $file.";
  }
else
  {
  echo "Error uploading $file.";
  }

// close connection
ftp_close($ftp_conn);
?>

Definition and Usage

The ftp_put() function uploads a file to the FTP server.


Syntax

ftp_put(ftp_conn, remote_file, local_file, mode, startpos);

Parameter Values

Parameter Description
ftp_conn Required. Specifies the FTP connection to use
remote_file Required. Specifies the file path to upload to
local_file Required. Specifies the path of the file to upload
mode Optional. Specifies the transfer mode. Possible values: FTP_ASCII or FTP_BINARY
startpos Optional. Specifies the position in the remote file to start uploading to


Technical Details

Return Value:  TRUE on success, FALSE on failure
PHP Version: 4+
PHP Changelog: PHP 7.3 - The mode parameter was made optional.
PHP 4.3 - The startpos parameter was added.

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