Php/ftp Help!

To whome it may concern:

I don't really know where else to turn...I can't find any information on this subject anywhere on the net.

I'm developing an ftp driver using PHP, and I have run into some problems.

I can log into the server, look at the files, check the time stamps, etc.; however, when I go to download a file, using ftp_get(), the server times out after the default 90 seconds. I know the script attempts to grab the file, because the file shows up on my server with a size of 0 k.

I suspect I am having a permissions problem. I changed permissions around and got the script to work eventually. Then I tried downloading another file with the same script and permissions and ran into the same problem. So, I went back to the original working script, and it no longer worked. I didn't even change anything.

Also...this happens with any ftp server I attempt to access and transfer files.

Finally, I am trying to transfer files from an ftp site to a web server.

Do you have any ideas what may be causing this problem?

Sincerely,

Mark E. Mcewen

I had a similar problem once, I ended up setting the FTP mode to passive which solved the problem.

I tried changing the passive mode, but I get an error for that too. It will not allow me to change the mode. Any other suggestions?

Would it be possible to post the code you're using? This may help determine the problem.

Also, are you specifying the transfer mode (FTP_ASCII / FTP_BINARY)? Here's some more information for you.

This is my code in a nutshell. I have a more interesting version that does some other things...but it is useless until I can get this to work...

// login with username and password

$login_result = ftp_login($conn_id, "$ftp_user_name", "$ftp_user_pass");

// check connection
if ((!$conn_id) || (!$login_result)) {
echo "Error: Ftp connection has failed!<BR>";
echo "Attempted to connect to $ftp_server for user $ftp_user_name<BR>";
die;
}
else {
echo "Connected to $ftp_server, for user $ftp_user_name<BR>";
}

// download the file
$download = ftp_get($conn_id, $localfile, $remotefile, FTP_BINARY);

// check upload status
if (!$download) {
echo "Ftp download has failed!<BR>";
}
else {
echo "Downloaded $remotefile to $ftp_server as $localfile<BR>";
}

// close the FTP stream
ftp_quit($conn_id);