Re: Can I pass the ftp transfer mode in a string?

Thanks guys, I was unaware having quotes around it would make a difference. Works fine once I removed the quotes. "John Kelly" <> wrote in message news:20021001023646.11527.qmail@pb1.pair.com... > Can I pass the ftp transfer mode in a string like ... > > $filetype = "FTP_ASCII"; > $upload = ftp_fput($conid, $dfile, $sfile, $filetype); > > I ask as when I do I get the following error message ... > > Warning: ftp_fput() expects parameter 4 to be long, string given > > If I replace $filetype with the text FTP_ASCII or FTP_BINARY it works fine. > >