fopen problem using ftp

HI all, I have a script that uses fopen to acces for read a file using ftp: $filepointer = fopen($address,'r'); having $address string formed this way: $address = "ftp://".$FTPuser.":".$FTPpassword."@".$FTPserver."/".$FileFolder"."/".$FileName; This script always worked for me, it has now stopped working trying it on the server of a different provider, returning an error 'failed to open stream...' I have the suspect that the funcion is failing due to the particular account name ( used also as FTP username ) this italian provider gived me when I sibscribed: It contains a @ symbol ( I.E., 123456@aruba.it ), and I believe that this confuses the parsing of the ftp://User:password@ftpserver/filepath string. Can you confirm this, or do you believe that the problem could be caused by other factors ( like server settings ) ? Could you suggest me e workaround? Thank you,

      Giulio

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