Re: Adding data to file via FTP

From: Date: Fri, 01 Dec 2000 17:44:15 +0000
Subject: Re: Adding data to file via FTP
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On Fri, 1 Dec 2000, Ville Mattila wrote: > Hi there, > > I tried to open a file via FTP for adding some data to the end of the file. The connect has > been opened with fopen() -function. Here is the code strip: > > $f = fopen > ("ftp://user:pass@ftp.pilotmedia.fi/$ftpdir/carts/$sesid.dat", > "a+"); > fputs ($f, time()."//".$prod."//".$amnt."//\n"); > fclose($f); > > Why this doesn't work? PHP causes an error "Warning: > fopen("ftp://...@ftp.pilotmedia.fi//shopdata/carts/b72986b7ab9fc3a707c7704bc1c5addd.dat","a+") > - File exists in /home/cust/n/e/nettipaa/www/psite/webshop/addtocart.php3 on line 27" > > Is there any way to open the file and write some data to the end of the file via FTP? > > Thanks, > - Ville > Not without a LOT of trickery. FTP just doesn't work that way. You'll have to either pull down the whole file and push it back up after, or finding a completely different method altogether. -- Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams <ignacio@openservices.net>

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