# ftp_fget

(PHP 4, PHP 5)

ftp_fget — Downloads a file from the FTP server and saves to an open file

### Description

bool ftp_fget ( resource `$ftp_stream` , resource `$handle` , string `$remote_file` , int `$mode` [, int `$resumepos` ] )

ftp_fget() retrieves `remote_file` from the FTP server, and writes it to the given file pointer.

### Parameters

`ftp_stream`

  The link identifier of the FTP connection.

`handle`

  An open file pointer in which we store the data.

`remote_file`

  The remote file path.

`mode`

  The transfer mode. Must be either `FTP_ASCII` or `FTP_BINARY`.

`resumepos`

  The position in the remote file to start downloading from.

### Return Values

Returns `TRUE` on success or `FALSE` on failure.

### Examples

Example#1 ftp_fget() example

`<?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
$conn_id = ftp_connect($ftp_server);
// login with username and password
$login_result = ftp_login($conn_id, $ftp_user_name, $ftp_user_pass);
// try to download $remote_file and save it to $handle
if (ftp_fget($conn_id, $handle, $remote_file, FTP_ASCII, 0)) {
echo "successfully written to $local_file\n";
} else {
echo "There was a problem while downloading $remote_file to $local_file\n";
}
// close the connection and the file handler
ftp_close($conn_id);
fclose($handle);
?>`

### ChangeLog

Version | Description
--- | ---
4.3.0 | `resumepos` was added.

### See Also

- ftp_get()
- ftp_nb_get()
- ftp_nb_fget()