Download Text File into String Variable

Download a text file directly into a string variable.

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use chilkat();

$ftp = new chilkat::CkFtp2();

#  Any string unlocks the component for the 1st 30-days.
$success = $ftp->UnlockComponent("Anything for 30-day trial");
if ($success != 1) {
    print $ftp->lastErrorText() . "\n";
    exit;
}

$ftp->put_Hostname("www.example-code.com");
$ftp->put_Username("example-code.com");
$ftp->put_Password("****");
$ftp->put_Passive(1);

#  Connect and login to the FTP server.
$success = $ftp->Connect();
if ($success != 1) {
    print $ftp->lastErrorText() . "\n";
    exit;
}

#  Change to the remote directory where the existing file is located.
$success = $ftp->ChangeRemoteDir("junk");
if ($success != 1) {
    print $ftp->lastErrorText() . "\n";
    exit;
}

#  Download the contents of the remote file into memory.

$remoteFilename = "hamletQuote.txt";

$fileContents = $ftp->getRemoteFileTextData($remoteFilename);
if ($fileContents eq null ) {
    print $ftp->lastErrorText() . "\r\n";
}
else {
    print $fileContents . "\r\n";
}

$ftp->Disconnect();