writing a file to a ftp server

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February 12th, 2004, 08:13 AM

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writing a file to a ftp server

Hi guys,
Could you please give a solution to this naive.
Actually i wanna write a new file on to a ftp server through my php script
and the contents of that file would be the contents wriiten in the textarea. of the form
which will be displayed on the client side.
Whatever the contents would be passed in that textarea will make a new file on the
ftpserver.
My main stress is over here how can i write the file on a ftp server having all the
contents for that file with me.
i am not asking about the uploading thing but we have to write a file on a ftp server with all permission given and we have the contents of that file in $_REQUEST['contents']
with us.
Please help guys,
Thanks
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February 12th, 2004, 10:36 AM

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ftp:// wrapper maybe? or the FTP extension?

PHP Code:


		
			
<?php

//This line gets the form data posted to the script

$fileContents = $_POST['contents'];



//These next few lines specify connection parameters for the FTP server.

$ftpServer = "168.192.xxx.xxx";

$ftpUser = "username";

$ftpPassword = "********";

$fileName = "path/on/server/to/file.txt";



//Then just go ahead and use the FTP wrapper for the filesystem functions.

$fileHandle = fopen( "ftp://{$ftpUser}:{$ftpPass}@{$ftpServer}/{$fileName}", "w" );

fwrite( $fileHandle, $fileContents );

fclose( $fileHandle );

?>

You may also want to look into using the FTP Extension.

Hope this helps!

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