PHP ftp_connect() Function

The PHP ftp_connect() function opens an FTP connection to the specified hostname.

Syntax

ftp_connect(hostname, port, timeout)

Parameters

`hostname`	`Required.` Specify the FTP server address. This parameter should not be prefixed with ftp:// or contain any trailing slashes.
`port`	`Optional.` Specify an alternate port to connect to. If it is omitted or set to zero, then the default FTP port, 21, will be used.
`timeout`	`Optional.` Specify the timeout in seconds for all subsequent network operations. Default is 90 seconds. The timeout can be changed and queried at any time with ftp_set_option() and ftp_get_option().

Return Value

Returns a FTP stream on success or false on error.

Example:

The example below shows the usage of ftp_connect() function.

<?php
//FTP server to use
$ftp_server = "ftp.example.com";
  
//set up a connection or die 
$ftp = ftp_connect($ftp_server)
    or die("Could not connect to $ftp_server");
   
if($ftp) {
  echo "Successfully connected to $ftp_server!\n";
 
  //close the connection
  if(ftp_close($ftp)) {
    echo "Connection closed successfully!\n"; 
  } 
}
?>

The output of the above code will be:

Successfully connected to ftp.example.com!
Connection closed successfully!

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