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Execute an FTP Upload Plan

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Demonstrates the Chilkat Ftp2.PutPlan method, which executes a previously created upload plan. The first argument is the plan text and the second is the local path of a completion log that records each successful operation.

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: The completion log is what makes plan execution resumable: each successful upload is recorded, so if a run is interrupted, re-executing the same plan skips the operations already logged and continues where it left off — invaluable for a large transfer over a flaky connection. The plan's stored absolute remote paths are used regardless of the current remote directory, so execution is independent of session state.

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<?php

$success = 0;

//  Demonstrates the Ftp2.PutPlan method, which executes a previously created upload plan.  The 1st
//  argument is the plan text and the 2nd is the local path of a completion log.

$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;
}

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

//  Load a plan that was previously created with CreatePlan.
$sbPlan = new COM("Chilkat.StringBuilder");
$success = $sbPlan->LoadFile('qa_output/upload_plan.txt','utf-8');
if ($success == 0) {
    print $sbPlan->LastErrorText . "\n";
    exit;
}

$plan = $sbPlan->getAsString();

//  Execute the plan.  Each successful operation is recorded in the completion log, which lets an
//  interrupted run be resumed without repeating completed uploads.  The plan uses its stored
//  absolute remote paths even if the current remote directory has changed.
$success = $ftp->PutPlan($plan,'qa_output/upload_done.log');
if ($success == 0) {
    print $ftp->LastErrorText . "\n";
    exit;
}

print 'Upload plan executed.' . "\n";

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


?>