PHP: ftp_alloc() function

Last update on August 19 2022 21:50:40 (UTC/GMT +8 hours)

Description

The ftp_alloc() function is used to allocate space for a file to be uploaded to the FTP server.

Version:

(PHP 5)

Syntax:

ftp_alloc(ftp_stream, file_size, server_res)

Parameters:

Name	Description	Required / Optional	Type
ftp_stream	The link identifier of the FTP connection.	Required	Resource
file_size	The number of bytes to allocate.	Required	integer
server_res	A variable to store server response (textual representation).	Optional	string

Return value:

TRUE on success or FALSE on failure.

Value Type: Boolean.

Example:

<?php
$file = "d:\test.txt";
/* connect to the server */
$conn_id = ftp_connect('192.168.0.2');
$login_result = ftp_login($conn_id, 'abc123', 'abc123');
if (ftp_alloc($conn_id, filesize($file), $result)) {
  echo "Space successfully allocated on server.  Sending $file.\n";
  ftp_put($conn_id, 'D:/ds', $file, FTP_BINARY);
} else {
  echo "Unable to allocate space on server.  Server said: $result\n";
}
ftp_close($conn_id);
?>

See also

PHP Function Reference

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