PHP Extension

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.

Chilkat PHP Extension Downloads

Download Chilkat for PHP Extension

PHP Extension

<?php

include("chilkat.php");

$success = false;

//  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 CkFtp2();

$ftp->put_Hostname('ftp.example.com');
$ftp->put_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->put_Password('myPassword');

$success = $ftp->Connect();
if ($success == false) {
    print $ftp->lastErrorText() . "\n";
    exit;
}

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

$success = $ftp->AppendFileSb('logs/app.log',$sb,'utf-8');
if ($success == false) {
    print $ftp->lastErrorText() . "\n";
    exit;
}

print 'Appended text.' . "\n";

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


?>