PHP

Download Text File into String Variable

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Download a text file directly into a string variable. Chilkat2 PHP

<?php

use Chilkat2\Ftp2;

// This example requires the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
// See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

$ftp = new Ftp2();

$ftp->Hostname = 'ftp.someFtpServer.com';
$ftp->Username = 'myFtpUserAccount';
$ftp->Password = 'myFtpPassword';

// Set other possible settings...
// See http://www.cknotes.com/determining-ftp2-connection-settings/
// for more information about FTP connection settings.
$ftp->Passive = true;
$ftp->AuthTls = true;

// Connect and login to the FTP server.
try {
    $ftp->Connect();

    // Change to the remote directory where the existing file is located.
    $ftp->ChangeRemoteDir('junk');

    // Download the contents of the remote file into a string variable.

    // The GetRemoteFileTextData method assumes the remote file contains ANSI chars.
    // To download text files containing non-ANSI text, such as utf-8, call GetRemoteFileTextC
    // instead. (see below)
    $fileContents = $ftp->GetRemoteFileTextData('ansiText.txt');
    echo $fileContents, "\n";

    // To download a remote text file containing utf-8 chars,
    // call GetRemoteFileTextC and pass "utf-8" for the 2nd arg.  This tells
    // Chilkat to interpret the incoming bytes according to the utf-8 character encoding.

    $fileContents = $ftp->GetRemoteFileTextC('utf8Text.txt', 'utf-8');
    echo $fileContents, "\n";
} catch (\Chilkat2\Exception $e) {
    echo $e->getMessage(), "\n";
    exit;
}

$ftp->Disconnect();