PHP ActiveX

Check FTP Connection and Login Status

Demonstrates the connection-status properties ConnectVerified, LoginVerified, ConnectFailReason, and Greeting.

Background: When Connect fails, these properties separate the possible causes: ConnectVerified shows whether the TCP connection was established at all, LoginVerified whether authentication then succeeded, and ConnectFailReason gives a numeric code pinpointing the failure — far more actionable than a generic error for distinguishing, say, an unreachable host from a bad password. The Greeting captures the server's opening banner, sometimes useful for identifying the server or its policies.

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<?php

$success = 0;

$ftp = new COM("Chilkat.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';

$success = $ftp->Connect();
if ($success != 1) {
    //  ConnectFailReason gives a numeric code describing why Connect failed.
    print 'Connect failed, reason code: ' . $ftp->ConnectFailReason . "\n";
    print $ftp->LastErrorText . "\n";
    exit;
}

//  After a successful connect, these flags report what succeeded.
print 'TCP connection verified: ' . $ftp->ConnectVerified . "\n";
print 'Login verified: ' . $ftp->LoginVerified . "\n";

//  The Greeting property holds the server's initial greeting banner.
print 'Server greeting: ' . $ftp->Greeting . "\n";

$success = $ftp->Disconnect();
if ($success == 0) {
    print $ftp->LastErrorText . "\n";
    exit;
}


?>