PHP ActiveX

Download an FTP File to a Stream

Demonstrates the Chilkat Ftp2.GetFileToStream method, which downloads a remote file and writes its bytes to a Stream. The first argument is the remote file path and the second is the Stream, which must have a destination sink configured beforehand.

Note: The local paths are relative to the application's current working directory. Absolute paths may also be used. Supply the paths appropriate to your own environment.

Background: Streaming to a Stream object decouples the download from where the bytes ultimately go — a file (as here, via SinkFile), or a pipe feeding another component such as a decompressor or a hashing routine — and processes the data as it arrives rather than buffering the whole file. That keeps memory flat for large downloads and lets you chain the transfer into a processing pipeline.

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<?php

$success = 0;

//  Demonstrates the Ftp2.GetFileToStream method, which downloads a remote file and writes its
//  bytes to a Stream.  The 1st argument is the remote file path and the 2nd is the Stream.

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

//  Configure the stream's destination sink before downloading.  Here the stream writes to a
//  local file.
$fileStream = new COM("Chilkat.Stream");
$fileStream->SinkFile = 'qa_output/report.pdf';

$success = $ftp->GetFileToStream('public_html/report.pdf',$fileStream);
if ($success == 0) {
    print $ftp->LastErrorText . "\n";
    exit;
}

print 'Downloaded to stream.' . "\n";

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


?>