PHP ftp_put fails

Question

I upload XML file through FTP:

$ftp = \"ftp\";
$username = \"username\";
$pwd = \"password\";
$filename = $_FILES[$xyz][$abc];
$tmp = $_FILES[\'file\'][\'tmp         


        

Answer 1

Most typical cause of problems with ftp_put (or any other transfer command like ftp_get, ftp_nlist, ftp_rawlist, ftp_mlsd) is that PHP defaults to the active mode. And in 99% cases, one has to switch to the passive mode, to make the transfer working. Use the ftp_pasv function.

$connect = ftp_connect($ftp) or die("Unable to connect to host");
ftp_login($connect, $username, $pwd) or die("Authorization failed");
// turn passive mode on
ftp_pasv($connect, true) or die("Unable switch to passive mode");

See also:

• PHP ftp_put fails with "Warning: ftp_put (): PORT command successful"
• my article on the active and passive FTP connection modes.

Answer 2

This worked:

// connect and login to FTP server
$ftp_server = "host";
$ftp_username = "username";
$ftp_userpass = "password";
$ftp_conn = ftp_connect($ftp_server) or die("Could not connect to $ftp_server");
$login = ftp_login($ftp_conn, $ftp_username, $ftp_userpass);
$file ="$abc";

// upload file 
if (ftp_put($ftp_conn, "/$abc" , $file, FTP_ASCII)){
    echo "Successfully uploaded $file.";
} else {
    echo "Error uploading $file";
}

// close connection
ftp_close($ftp_conn);