File Upload using ftp commands

[David]

Because of limitations of my provider, I am forced to use the ftp
functions to upload files to my server (the permissions on the server
will not allow me to load files via php).

I have successfully ported the sample code from php.net to do everything
BUT upload the file. I can connect. I can log in. I can change
directories. But the file never uploads. As I note in the code, I have
tried using ftp_put with the local filename, and I have tried using
ftp_fput with the file in /tmp/php with no luck. Suggestions are welcome.

David

---------------------
<?php
$tmp = $_FILES['loadfile']; // passed in correctly as shown on next line
echo "<pre>" . print_r($tmp) . "</pre>";
 
$upload_form_file = $tmp['name']; // have tried using the tmp_name
element combined with ftp_fput
$dest_file = "bob.gif"; // just a name to try
 
// set up a connection or die
$conn_id = ftp_connect($ftp_server) or die("Couldn't connect to
$ftp_server"); // works
 
// try to login
if (@ftp_login($conn_id, $ftp_user, $ftp_pass)) {
echo "<p>Connected as $ftp_user@$ftp_server</p>\n"; // this is printed
} else {
echo "Couldn't connect as $ftp_user\n";
}
 
echo "<p>Current directory is now: " . ftp_pwd($conn_id) . "</p>\n"; //
this gives the root
 
if (ftp_chdir($conn_id, $base_path)) {
echo "<p>Current directory is now: " . ftp_pwd($conn_id) . "</p>\n";
// this prints /the/path/to/docs
} else {
echo "Couldn't change directory\n";
}
 
echo "<p>upload_form_file: $upload_form_file <br>\ndest_file: $dest_file
</p>\n"; // files are listed
 
if (ftp_put($conn_id, $dest_file, $upload_form_file, FTP_BINARY)) {
echo "successfully uploaded";
} else {
echo "There was a problem while uploading $file\n"; // this always
triggers
}
 
// close the connection
ftp_close($conn_id);
 
?>
 

[David]

Dude:

Here I am replying to myself on the list so that others won't suffer as
I have. I finally figured out that ftp_put and ftp_fput are running *on
the server* and so don't know anything about the client's file system.
They are putting files from the php server onto some other remote
server. Therefore, the only file they are going to know about is the
temp file that php creates on the fly. Once I changed my code to use the
php tmp file, the upload worked smoothly.

HTH,
David

David wrote:

Because of limitations of my provider, I am forced to use the ftp
functions to upload files to my server (the permissions on the server
will not allow me to load files via php).

I have successfully ported the sample code from php.net to do everything
BUT upload the file. I can connect. I can log in. I can change
directories. But the file never uploads. As I note in the code, I have
tried using ftp_put with the local filename, and I have tried using
ftp_fput with the file in /tmp/php with no luck. Suggestions are welcome.

David

 ---------------------
 <?php
 $tmp = $_FILES['loadfile']; // passed in correctly as shown on next line
 echo "<pre>" . print_r($tmp) . "</pre>";

 $upload_form_file = $tmp['name']; // have tried using the tmp_name
 element combined with ftp_fput
 $dest_file = "bob.gif"; // just a name to try

 // set up a connection or die
 $conn_id = ftp_connect($ftp_server) or die("Couldn't connect to
 $ftp_server"); // works

 // try to login
 if (@ftp_login($conn_id, $ftp_user, $ftp_pass)) {
    echo "<p>Connected as $ftp_user@$ftp_server</p>\n"; // this is printed
 } else {
    echo "Couldn't connect as $ftp_user\n";
 }

 echo "<p>Current directory is now: " . ftp_pwd($conn_id) . "</p>\n"; //
 this gives the root

 if (ftp_chdir($conn_id, $base_path)) {
    echo "<p>Current directory is now: " . ftp_pwd($conn_id) . "</p>\n";
 // this prints /the/path/to/docs
 } else {
    echo "Couldn't change directory\n";
 }

 echo "<p>upload_form_file: $upload_form_file <br>\ndest_file: $dest_file
 </p>\n"; // files are listed

 if (ftp_put($conn_id, $dest_file, $upload_form_file, FTP_BINARY)) {
  echo "successfully uploaded";
 } else {
  echo "There was a problem while uploading $file\n"; // this always
 triggers
 }

 // close the connection
 ftp_close($conn_id);

 ?>
 

[Shawn Wilson]

David wrote:

Because of limitations of my provider, I am forced to use the ftp
functions to upload files to my server (the permissions on the server
will not allow me to load files via php).

I have successfully ported the sample code from php.net to do everything
BUT upload the file. I can connect. I can log in. I can change
directories. But the file never uploads. As I note in the code, I have
tried using ftp_put with the local filename, and I have tried using
ftp_fput with the file in /tmp/php with no luck. Suggestions are welcome.

David

 ---------------------
 <?php
 $tmp = $_FILES['loadfile']; // passed in correctly as shown on next line
 echo "<pre>" . print_r($tmp) . "</pre>";

 $upload_form_file = $tmp['name']; // have tried using the tmp_name
 element combined with ftp_fput
 $dest_file = "bob.gif"; // just a name to try

 // set up a connection or die
 $conn_id = ftp_connect($ftp_server) or die("Couldn't connect to
 $ftp_server"); // works

 // try to login
 if (@ftp_login($conn_id, $ftp_user, $ftp_pass)) {
     echo "<p>Connected as $ftp_user@$ftp_server</p>\n"; // this is printed
 } else {
     echo "Couldn't connect as $ftp_user\n";
 }

 echo "<p>Current directory is now: " . ftp_pwd($conn_id) . "</p>\n"; //
 this gives the root

 if (ftp_chdir($conn_id, $base_path)) {
     echo "<p>Current directory is now: " . ftp_pwd($conn_id) . "</p>\n";
 // this prints /the/path/to/docs
 } else {
     echo "Couldn't change directory\n";
 }

 echo "<p>upload_form_file: $upload_form_file <br>\ndest_file: $dest_file
 </p>\n"; // files are listed

 if (ftp_put($conn_id, $dest_file, $upload_form_file, FTP_BINARY)) {
   echo "successfully uploaded";
 } else {
   echo "There was a problem while uploading $file\n"; // this always
 triggers
 }

 // close the connection
 ftp_close($conn_id);

 ?>
 

You will definitely have to use tmp_name.

Are you sure the user you're connecting with has the ability to upload files to
the specified directory? If you're not absolutely sure, try it manually with
your ftp program.

Also, you might want to put error_reporting(E_ALL); at the top of your script.

Regards,
Shawn
--
Shawn Wilson
sh***@glassgiant.com
http://www.glassgiant.com

[Shawn Wilson]

David wrote:

Because of limitations of my provider, I am forced to use the ftp
functions to upload files to my server (the permissions on the server
will not allow me to load files via php).

I have successfully ported the sample code from php.net to do everything
BUT upload the file. I can connect. I can log in. I can change
directories. But the file never uploads. As I note in the code, I have
tried using ftp_put with the local filename, and I have tried using
ftp_fput with the file in /tmp/php with no luck. Suggestions are welcome.

David

 ---------------------
 <?php
 $tmp = $_FILES['loadfile']; // passed in correctly as shown on next line
 echo "<pre>" . print_r($tmp) . "</pre>";

 $upload_form_file = $tmp['name']; // have tried using the tmp_name
 element combined with ftp_fput
 $dest_file = "bob.gif"; // just a name to try

 // set up a connection or die
 $conn_id = ftp_connect($ftp_server) or die("Couldn't connect to
 $ftp_server"); // works

 // try to login
 if (@ftp_login($conn_id, $ftp_user, $ftp_pass)) {
     echo "<p>Connected as $ftp_user@$ftp_server</p>\n"; // this is printed
 } else {
     echo "Couldn't connect as $ftp_user\n";
 }

 echo "<p>Current directory is now: " . ftp_pwd($conn_id) . "</p>\n"; //
 this gives the root

 if (ftp_chdir($conn_id, $base_path)) {
     echo "<p>Current directory is now: " . ftp_pwd($conn_id) . "</p>\n";
 // this prints /the/path/to/docs
 } else {
     echo "Couldn't change directory\n";
 }

 echo "<p>upload_form_file: $upload_form_file <br>\ndest_file: $dest_file
 </p>\n"; // files are listed

 if (ftp_put($conn_id, $dest_file, $upload_form_file, FTP_BINARY)) {
   echo "successfully uploaded";
 } else {
   echo "There was a problem while uploading $file\n"; // this always
 triggers
 }

 // close the connection
 ftp_close($conn_id);

 ?>
 

You will definitely have to use tmp_name.

Are you sure the user you're connecting with has the ability to upload files to
the specified directory? If you're not absolutely sure, try it manually with
your ftp program.

Also, you might want to put error_reporting(E_ALL); at the top of your script.

Regards,
Shawn
--
Shawn Wilson
sh***@glassgiant.com
http://www.glassgiant.com