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<refentry xml:id="function.ftp-fget" xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook">
 <refnamediv>
  <refname>ftp_fget</refname>
  <refpurpose>Downloads a file from the FTP server and saves to an open file</refpurpose>
 </refnamediv>
 <refsect1 role="description">
  &reftitle.description;
  <methodsynopsis>
   <type>bool</type><methodname>ftp_fget</methodname>
   <methodparam><type>FTP\Connection</type><parameter>ftp</parameter></methodparam>
   <methodparam><type>resource</type><parameter>stream</parameter></methodparam>
   <methodparam><type>string</type><parameter>remote_filename</parameter></methodparam>
   <methodparam choice="opt"><type>int</type><parameter>mode</parameter><initializer><constant>FTP_BINARY</constant></initializer></methodparam>
   <methodparam choice="opt"><type>int</type><parameter>offset</parameter><initializer>0</initializer></methodparam>
  </methodsynopsis>
  <para>
   <function>ftp_fget</function> retrieves <parameter>remote_filename</parameter>
   from the FTP server, and writes it to the given file pointer.
  </para>
 </refsect1>
 <refsect1 role="parameters">
  &reftitle.parameters;
  <para>
   <variablelist>
    <varlistentry>
     <term><parameter>ftp</parameter></term>
     <listitem>
       &ftp.parameter.ftp;
     </listitem>
    </varlistentry>
    <varlistentry>
     <term><parameter>stream</parameter></term>
     <listitem>
      <para>
       An open file pointer in which we store the data.
      </para>
     </listitem>
    </varlistentry>
    <varlistentry>
     <term><parameter>remote_filename</parameter></term>
     <listitem>
      <para>
       The remote file path.
      </para>
     </listitem>
    </varlistentry>
    <varlistentry>
     <term><parameter>mode</parameter></term>
     <listitem>
      <para>
       The transfer mode. Must be either <constant>FTP_ASCII</constant> or
       <constant>FTP_BINARY</constant>.
      </para>
     </listitem>
    </varlistentry>
    <varlistentry>
     <term><parameter>offset</parameter></term>
     <listitem>
      <para>
       The position in the remote file to start downloading from.
      </para>
     </listitem>
    </varlistentry>
   </variablelist>
  </para>
 </refsect1>
 <refsect1 role="returnvalues">
  &reftitle.returnvalues;
  <para>
   &return.success;
  </para>
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1 role="changelog">
  &reftitle.changelog;
  <informaltable>
   <tgroup cols="2">
    <thead>
     <row>
      <entry>&Version;</entry>
      <entry>&Description;</entry>
     </row>
    </thead>
    <tbody>
     &ftp.changelog.ftp-param;
     <row>
      <entry>7.3.0</entry>
      <entry>
       The <parameter>mode</parameter> parameter is now optional. Formerly it
       has been mandatory.
      </entry>
     </row>
    </tbody>
   </tgroup>
  </informaltable>
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1 role="examples">
  &reftitle.examples;
  <para>
   <example>
    <title><function>ftp_fget</function> example</title>
    <programlisting role="php">
<![CDATA[
<?php

// path to remote file
$remote_file = 'somefile.txt';
$local_file = 'localfile.txt';

// open some file to write to
$handle = fopen($local_file, 'w');

// set up basic connection
$ftp = ftp_connect($ftp_server);

// login with username and password
$login_result = ftp_login($ftp, $ftp_user_name, $ftp_user_pass);

// try to download $remote_file and save it to $handle
if (ftp_fget($ftp, $handle, $remote_file, FTP_ASCII, 0)) {
 echo "successfully written to $local_file\n";
} else {
 echo "There was a problem while downloading $remote_file to $local_file\n";
}

// close the connection and the file handler
ftp_close($ftp);
fclose($handle);
?>
]]>
    </programlisting>
   </example>
  </para>
 </refsect1>
 <refsect1 role="seealso">
  &reftitle.seealso;
  <para>
   <simplelist>
    <member><function>ftp_get</function></member>
    <member><function>ftp_nb_get</function></member>
    <member><function>ftp_nb_fget</function></member>
   </simplelist>
  </para>
 </refsect1>
</refentry>
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