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# ftp_connect

(PHP 3>= 3.0.13, PHP 4 , PHP 5)

ftp_connect -- Opens an FTP connection

## Description

resource ftp_connect ( string host [, int port [, int timeout]])

Returns a FTP stream on success or `FALSE` on error.

ftp_connect() opens an FTP connection to the specified `host`. `host` shouldn't have any trailing slashes and shouldn't be prefixed with `ftp://`. The `port` parameter specifies an alternate port to connect to. If it is omitted or set to zero, then the default FTP port, 21, will be used.

The `timeout` parameter specifies the timeout for all subsequent network operations. If omitted, the default value is 90 seconds. The timeout can be changed and queried at any time with ftp_set_option() and ftp_get_option().

> Note: The `timeout` parameter became available in PHP 4.2.0.

Example 1. ftp_connect() example
`<?php $ftp_server = "ftp.example.com"; // set up a connection or die $conn_id = ftp_connect($ftp_server) or die("Couldn't connect to $ftp_server"); ?>`

See also ftp_close(), and ftp_ssl_connect().

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