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<refentry xml:id="function.ftp-connect" xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook">
 <refnamediv>
  <refname>ftp_connect</refname>
  <refpurpose>Opens an FTP connection</refpurpose>
 </refnamediv>
 <refsect1 role="description">
  &reftitle.description;
  <methodsynopsis>
   <type>resource</type><methodname>ftp_connect</methodname>
   <methodparam><type>string</type><parameter>host</parameter></methodparam>
   <methodparam choice="opt"><type>int</type><parameter>port</parameter><initializer>21</initializer></methodparam>
   <methodparam choice="opt"><type>int</type><parameter>timeout</parameter><initializer>90</initializer></methodparam>
  </methodsynopsis>
  <para>
   <function>ftp_connect</function> opens an FTP connection to the
   specified <parameter>host</parameter>.  
  </para>
 </refsect1>
 <refsect1 role="parameters">
  &reftitle.parameters;
  <para>
   <variablelist>
    <varlistentry>
     <term><parameter>host</parameter></term>
     <listitem>
      <para>
       The FTP server address. This parameter shouldn't have any trailing 
       slashes and shouldn't be prefixed with <literal>ftp://</literal>.
      </para>
     </listitem>
    </varlistentry>
    <varlistentry>
     <term><parameter>port</parameter></term>
     <listitem>
      <para>
       This parameter specifies an alternate port to connect to. If it is
       omitted or set to zero, then the default FTP port, 21, will be used.
      </para>
     </listitem>
    </varlistentry>
    <varlistentry>
     <term><parameter>timeout</parameter></term>
     <listitem>
      <para>
       This parameter specifies the timeout for all subsequent network operations.
       If omitted, the default value is 90 seconds. The timeout can be changed and
       queried at any time with <function>ftp_set_option</function> and
       <function>ftp_get_option</function>.
      </para>
     </listitem>
    </varlistentry>
   </variablelist>
  </para>
 </refsect1>
 <refsect1 role="returnvalues">
  &reftitle.returnvalues;
  <para>
   Returns a FTP stream on success or &false; on error.
  </para>
 </refsect1>
 <refsect1 role="examples">
  &reftitle.examples;
  <para>
   <example>
    <title><function>ftp_connect</function> example</title>
    <programlisting role="php">
<![CDATA[
<?php

$ftp_server = "ftp.example.com";

// set up a connection or die
$conn_id = ftp_connect($ftp_server) or die("Couldn't connect to $ftp_server"); 

?>
]]>  
    </programlisting>
   </example>
  </para>
 </refsect1>
 <refsect1 role="changelog">
  &reftitle.changelog;
  <para>
   <informaltable>
    <tgroup cols="2">
     <thead>
      <row>
       <entry>&Version;</entry>
       <entry>&Description;</entry>
      </row>
     </thead>
     <tbody>
      <row>
       <entry>4.2.0</entry>
       <entry>
        <parameter>timeout</parameter> was added.
       </entry>
      </row>
     </tbody>
    </tgroup>
   </informaltable>
  </para>
 </refsect1>
 <refsect1 role="seealso">
  &reftitle.seealso;
  <para>
   <simplelist>
    <member><function>ftp_close</function></member>
    <member><function>ftp_ssl_connect</function></member>
   </simplelist>
  </para>
 </refsect1>
</refentry>

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