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  <refentry id="function.ftp-connect">
   <refnamediv>
    <refname>ftp_connect</refname>
    <refpurpose>Opens an FTP connection</refpurpose>
   </refnamediv>
   <refsect1>
    <title>Description</title>
     <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></methodparam>
      <methodparam choice="opt"><type>int</type><parameter>timeout</parameter></methodparam>
     </methodsynopsis>
    <para>
     Returns a FTP stream on success or &false; on error.
    </para>  
    <para>
     <function>ftp_connect</function> opens an FTP connection to the
     specified <parameter>host</parameter>. <parameter>host</parameter>
     shouldn't have any trailing slashes and shouldn't be prefixed with
     <literal>ftp://</literal>. The <parameter>port</parameter>
     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>
    <para>
     The <parameter>timeout</parameter> 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>.
     <note>
      <para>
       The <parameter>timeout</parameter> parameter became available in PHP 4.2.0.
      </para>
     </note>
    </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>
     See also <function>ftp_close</function>, and
     <function>ftp_ssl_connect</function>.
    </para>
   </refsect1>
  </refentry>

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