<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd"> <html> <head> <meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"> <title>Retrieves a file from the FTP server and writes it to an open file (non-blocking)</title> </head> <body><div class="manualnavbar" style="text-align: center;"> <div class="prev" style="text-align: left; float: left;"><a href="function.ftp-nb-continue.html">ftp_nb_continue</a></div> <div class="next" style="text-align: right; float: right;"><a href="function.ftp-nb-fput.html">ftp_nb_fput</a></div> <div class="up"><a href="ref.ftp.html">FTP Functions</a></div> <div class="home"><a href="index.html">PHP Manual</a></div> </div><hr /><div id="function.ftp-nb-fget" class="refentry"> <div class="refnamediv"> <h1 class="refname">ftp_nb_fget</h1> <p class="verinfo">(PHP 4 >= 4.3.0, PHP 5)</p><p class="refpurpose"><span class="refname">ftp_nb_fget</span> — <span class="dc-title">Retrieves a file from the FTP server and writes it to an open file (non-blocking)</span></p> </div> <div class="refsect1 description" id="refsect1-function.ftp-nb-fget-description"> <h3 class="title">Description</h3> <div class="methodsynopsis dc-description"> <span class="type">int</span> <span class="methodname"><strong>ftp_nb_fget</strong></span> ( <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">resource</span> <code class="parameter">$ftp_stream</code></span> , <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">resource</span> <code class="parameter">$handle</code></span> , <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">string</span> <code class="parameter">$remote_file</code></span> , <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">int</span> <code class="parameter">$mode</code></span> [, <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">int</span> <code class="parameter">$resumepos</code><span class="initializer"> = 0</span></span> ] )</div> <p class="para rdfs-comment"> <span class="function"><strong>ftp_nb_fget()</strong></span> retrieves a remote file from the FTP server. </p> <p class="para"> The difference between this function and <span class="function"><a href="function.ftp-fget.html" class="function">ftp_fget()</a></span> is that this function retrieves the file asynchronously, so your program can perform other operations while the file is being downloaded. </p> </div> <div class="refsect1 parameters" id="refsect1-function.ftp-nb-fget-parameters"> <h3 class="title">Parameters</h3> <p class="para"> <dl> <dt> <span class="term"><em><code class="parameter">ftp_stream</code></em></span> <dd> <p class="para"> The link identifier of the FTP connection. </p> </dd> </dt> <dt> <span class="term"><em><code class="parameter">handle</code></em></span> <dd> <p class="para"> An open file pointer in which we store the data. </p> </dd> </dt> <dt> <span class="term"><em><code class="parameter">remote_file</code></em></span> <dd> <p class="para"> The remote file path. </p> </dd> </dt> <dt> <span class="term"><em><code class="parameter">mode</code></em></span> <dd> <p class="para"> The transfer mode. Must be either <strong><code>FTP_ASCII</code></strong> or <strong><code>FTP_BINARY</code></strong>. </p> </dd> </dt> <dt> <span class="term"><em><code class="parameter">resumepos</code></em></span> <dd> <p class="para">The position in the remote file to start downloading from.</p> </dd> </dt> </dl> </p> </div> <div class="refsect1 returnvalues" id="refsect1-function.ftp-nb-fget-returnvalues"> <h3 class="title">Return Values</h3> <p class="para"> Returns <strong><code>FTP_FAILED</code></strong> or <strong><code>FTP_FINISHED</code></strong> or <strong><code>FTP_MOREDATA</code></strong>. </p> </div> <div class="refsect1 examples" id="refsect1-function.ftp-nb-fget-examples"> <h3 class="title">Examples</h3> <p class="para"> <div class="example" id="example-4290"> <p><strong>Example #1 <span class="function"><strong>ftp_nb_fget()</strong></span> example</strong></p> <div class="example-contents"> <div class="phpcode"><code><span style="color: #000000"> <span style="color: #0000BB"><?php<br /><br /></span><span style="color: #FF8000">// open some file for reading<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">$file </span><span style="color: #007700">= </span><span style="color: #DD0000">'index.php'</span><span style="color: #007700">;<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">$fp </span><span style="color: #007700">= </span><span style="color: #0000BB">fopen</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$file</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #DD0000">'w'</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /><br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">$conn_id </span><span style="color: #007700">= </span><span style="color: #0000BB">ftp_connect</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$ftp_server</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /><br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">$login_result </span><span style="color: #007700">= </span><span style="color: #0000BB">ftp_login</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$conn_id</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$ftp_user_name</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$ftp_user_pass</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /><br /></span><span style="color: #FF8000">// Initate the download<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">$ret </span><span style="color: #007700">= </span><span style="color: #0000BB">ftp_nb_fget</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$conn_id</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$fp</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$file</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #0000BB">FTP_BINARY</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br />while (</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$ret </span><span style="color: #007700">== </span><span style="color: #0000BB">FTP_MOREDATA</span><span style="color: #007700">) {<br /><br /> </span><span style="color: #FF8000">// Do whatever you want<br /> </span><span style="color: #007700">echo </span><span style="color: #DD0000">"."</span><span style="color: #007700">;<br /><br /> </span><span style="color: #FF8000">// Continue downloading...<br /> </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$ret </span><span style="color: #007700">= </span><span style="color: #0000BB">ftp_nb_continue</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$conn_id</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br />}<br />if (</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$ret </span><span style="color: #007700">!= </span><span style="color: #0000BB">FTP_FINISHED</span><span style="color: #007700">) {<br /> echo </span><span style="color: #DD0000">"There was an error downloading the file..."</span><span style="color: #007700">;<br /> exit(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">1</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br />}<br /><br /></span><span style="color: #FF8000">// close filepointer<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">fclose</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$fp</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">?></span> </span> </code></div> </div> </div> </p> </div> <div class="refsect1 seealso" id="refsect1-function.ftp-nb-fget-seealso"> <h3 class="title">See Also</h3> <p class="para"> <ul class="simplelist"> <li class="member"> <span class="function"><a href="function.ftp-nb-get.html" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">ftp_nb_get()</a> - Retrieves a file from the FTP server and writes it to a local file (non-blocking)</span></li> <li class="member"> <span class="function"><a href="function.ftp-nb-continue.html" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">ftp_nb_continue()</a> - Continues retrieving/sending a file (non-blocking)</span></li> <li class="member"> <span class="function"><a href="function.ftp-fget.html" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">ftp_fget()</a> - Downloads a file from the FTP server and saves to an open file</span></li> <li class="member"> <span class="function"><a href="function.ftp-get.html" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">ftp_get()</a> - Downloads a file from the FTP server</span></li> </ul> </p> </div> </div><hr /><div class="manualnavbar" style="text-align: center;"> <div class="prev" style="text-align: left; float: left;"><a href="function.ftp-nb-continue.html">ftp_nb_continue</a></div> <div class="next" style="text-align: right; float: right;"><a href="function.ftp-nb-fput.html">ftp_nb_fput</a></div> <div class="up"><a href="ref.ftp.html">FTP Functions</a></div> <div class="home"><a href="index.html">PHP Manual</a></div> </div></body></html>