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<refentry id="function.ftp-get">
 <refnamediv>
  <refname>ftp_get</refname>
  <refpurpose>Downloads a file from the FTP server</refpurpose>
 </refnamediv>
 <refsect1 role="description">
  &reftitle.description;
  <methodsynopsis>
   <type>bool</type><methodname>ftp_get</methodname>
   <methodparam><type>resource</type><parameter>ftp_stream</parameter></methodparam>
   <methodparam><type>string</type><parameter>local_file</parameter></methodparam>
   <methodparam><type>string</type><parameter>remote_file</parameter></methodparam>
   <methodparam><type>int</type><parameter>mode</parameter></methodparam>
   <methodparam choice="opt"><type>int</type><parameter>resumepos</parameter></methodparam>
  </methodsynopsis>
  <para>
   <function>ftp_get</function> retrieves a remote file from the FTP server,
   and saves it into a local file. 
  </para>
 </refsect1>
 <refsect1 role="parameters">
  &reftitle.parameters;
  <para>
   <variablelist>
    <varlistentry>
     <term><parameter>ftp_stream</parameter></term>
     <listitem>
      <para>
       The link identifier of the FTP connection.
      </para>
     </listitem>
    </varlistentry>
    <varlistentry>
     <term><parameter>local_file</parameter></term>
     <listitem>
      <para>
       The local file path (will be overwritten if the file already exists).
      </para>
     </listitem>
    </varlistentry>
    <varlistentry>
     <term><parameter>remote_file</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>resumepos</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="examples">
  &reftitle.examples;
  <para>
   <example>
    <title><function>ftp_get</function> example</title>
    <programlisting role="php">
<![CDATA[
<?php

// define some variables
$local_file = 'local.zip';
$server_file = 'server.zip';

// 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 $server_file and save to $local_file
if (ftp_get($conn_id, $local_file, $server_file, FTP_BINARY)) {
    echo "Successfully written to $local_file\n";
} else {
    echo "There was a problem\n";
}

// close the connection
ftp_close($conn_id);

?>
]]>
    </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>4.3.0</entry>
       <entry>
        <parameter>resumepos</parameter> was added.
       </entry>
      </row>
     </tbody>
    </tgroup>
   </informaltable>
  </para>
 </refsect1>
 <refsect1 role="seealso">
  &reftitle.seealso;
  <para>
   <simplelist>
    <member><function>ftp_pasv</function></member>
    <member><function>ftp_fget</function></member>
    <member><function>ftp_nb_get</function></member>
    <member><function>ftp_nb_fget</function></member>
   </simplelist>
  </para>
 </refsect1>
</refentry>

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