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Append Text to a Remote FTP File (StringBuilder)

Demonstrates the Chilkat Ftp2.AppendFileSb method, which encodes the text in a StringBuilder and appends the bytes to a remote file. The arguments are the remote filename, the StringBuilder, and the charset.

Background: When you have accumulated several lines or records in a StringBuilder, this appends them to a remote file in one call, encoding as it writes. It pairs naturally with building up text in memory and flushing it to a remote log periodically.

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<?php

use Chilkat2\Ftp2;
use Chilkat2\StringBuilder;

// Demonstrates the Ftp2.AppendFileSb method, which encodes the text in a StringBuilder and
// appends the bytes to a remote file.  The 1st argument is the remote filename, the 2nd is the
// StringBuilder, and the 3rd is the charset.

$ftp = new Ftp2();

$ftp->Hostname = 'ftp.example.com';
$ftp->Username = 'myFtpLogin';

// Normally you would not hard-code the password in source.  You should instead obtain it
// from an interactive prompt, environment variable, or a secrets vault.
$ftp->Password = 'myPassword';

try {
    $ftp->Connect();

    $sb = new StringBuilder();
    $sb->Append("appended line one\n");
    $sb->Append("appended line two\n");

    $ftp->AppendFileSb('logs/app.log', $sb, 'utf-8');
} catch (\Chilkat2\Exception $e) {
    echo $e->getMessage(), "\n";
    exit;
}

echo "Appended text.\n";

try {
    $ftp->Disconnect();
} catch (\Chilkat2\Exception $e) {
    echo $e->getMessage(), "\n";
    exit;
}