Re: sending data through FTP in PHP

Yea.. mark is right on.. that is NOT FTP RFC compliant.. use socket functions to create a compatible server/client gateway... On Mon, 28 Jul 2003, OpenSource wrote: > I'm given the IP and port to connect to. > I will then send my username and password in this format: > username|version\n > password\ > the version number is just 4 characters of the program eg. "1.00" > > I must then wait for a byte: > '0' - valid > '1' - invalid > then I am to send the data as > eg. L3200150.00 > > They should have another program on their end that will slurp up the data > and do whatever with it. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <colbey@dreamwerx.net> > To: "OpenSource" <redhat@opensource.bz> > Cc: "PHP-DB" <php-db@lists.php.net> > Sent: Monday, July 28, 2003 12:47 PM > Subject: Re: [PHP-DB] sending data through FTP in PHP > > > > > > FTP is used to tranfer files, typically not "an array of data".. Depending > > what you mean.. From the sounds of things you need a protocol gateway > > instead of using FTP.. > > > > Unless you are loading that array of data into a file on the remote server > > at which point something will slurp it up and wait for the next cycle.. > > > > There are lots of built in FTP functions in PHP that are easy to use.. > > make sure you compiled PHP with --enable-ftp .. > > > > > > On Mon, 28 Jul 2003, OpenSource wrote: > > > > > Hey Guys, > > > > > > I need some assistance on this FTP stuff. > > > I've got an array of data that I need to send via ftp to another server > > > > > > eg. $linea = array($sport.$rot1.$r_vl); > > > > > > This information is gotten from my database and needs to be sent to the > other server every 5 seconds. > > > I need to connect to the server then wait for a byte where "0" = valid > and "1" = invalid > > > than I am suppose to send the $linea info. > > > > > > can you give some pointers as to how I should go about doing this or if > you guys has any pre-written functions that I can follow through. > > > This is the first time I'm dealing with FTP in PHP. > > > -- > PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php >