Re: How do I use fopen() to overwrite a remote file via ftp?
| From: | CC Zona | Date: | Tue, 09 Apr 2002 02:14:56 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: How do I use fopen() to overwrite a remote file via ftp? | ||
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In article <20020409014028.45901.qmail@pb1.pair.com>,
daltonhunter@iname.com (Dalton Hunter) wrote:
> Hi, I want to use fopen to connect to a remote server via ftp and overwrite
> a file like ...
>
>
> fopen("ftp://username:password@www.domain.com/system/path/to/file.php",
> "w")
>
> ... but after connecting I get the "Warning: File already exists" error
> message and it fails. What is the proper way to overwrite it?
By using the FTP functions, not fopen (quote from <http://php.net/fopen>:
"HTTP connections are read-only; you cannot write data or copy files to an
HTTP resource").
The example on the FTP chapter's intro page <http://php.net/ftp>
demonstrates how.
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CC