Re: fopen and ftp

your best bet is to use the FTP functions that are available within PHP. In order to get these, you'll have to recompile PHP and include the "--enable-ftp" flag in your configure line. check out http://www.php.net/manual/ref.ftp.php for a list and description of these functions Good Luck on 11/14/00 3:48 PM, Boget, Chris at Chris.Boget@wild.net wrote: > Here is the command that I am using: > > fopen("ń8���!� > M��'ftp://...@ftp.sitename.com/hold_directory/filename.txt","r") > > When I run it in php, I get > > Warning: > fopen("ftp://...@ftp.sitename.com/hold_directory/filename.txt","r") > - > No such file or directory in /absolute/path/to/controlling/php/script.php3 > on line X > > When I copy and past the above ftp command into my browser, > (ie ftp://...@ftp.sitename.com/hold_directory/filename.txt) > I get the error "the page cannot be displayed" error in IE (don't > know what it would be in NS). > When I remove the file name and try again, the directory's contents > will get displayed. If I try the ftp command again, the file will > miraculously > pop up. Huh? > > Now, when I ftp in via the command line, I get dumped into the dir > just below "hold_directory" making it so that I have to CD to > "hold_directory" if I want to do anything to the files within so I don't > think it is a path issue. > > Does anyone know what is going on? > > While I am on the subject, if I do eventually get this to work (hoping), > is there a way to delete a file on a remote ftp server using PHP in a > similar manner in which I read it (ie, the code above)? > > Thank you for your help! > > Chris