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# ftp_fget

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

ftp_fget -- Downloads a file from the FTP server and saves to an open file

## Description

bool ftp_fget ( resource ftp_stream, resource handle, string remote_file, int mode [, int resumepos])

ftp_fget() retrieves `remote_file` from the FTP server, and writes it to the given file pointer, `handle`. The transfer `mode` specified must be either `FTP_ASCII` or `FTP_BINARY`.

Example 1. ftp_fget() example
`<?php // open some file for reading $file = 'somefile.txt'; $fp = fopen($file, 'w'); // set up basic connection $conn_id = ftp_connect($ftp_server); // login with username and password $login_result = ftp_login($conn_id, $ftp_user_name, $ftp_user_pass); // try to download $file if (ftp_fget($conn_id, $fp, $file, FTP_ASCII, 1)) { echo "successfully written to $file\n"; } else { echo "There was a problem with $file\n"; } // close the connection and the file handler ftp_close($conn_id); fclose($fp); ?>`

> Note: The `resumepos` parameter was added in PHP 4.3.0.

Returns `TRUE` on success or `FALSE` on failure.

See also ftp_get(), ftp_nb_get() and ftp_nb_fget().

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