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ftp account on the remote server to copy file

I need the content of a file to be available for use on a different domain. I have been told this can be done by setting up a ftp account on the remote server. I could do with some help with the steps on how I should go about setting this up.

Thanks,
H

CosminB

try this script:

<?php
function getFile($serverFile, $localFile)
{
      global $ftpAccount, $ftpPasswd;
      $conn = ftp_connect($ftp_server) or die ('Could not connect to the ftp server');
      ftp_login($conn, $ftpAccount, $ftpPasswd) or die('Could not login to the ftp server');
      ftp_get($conn, $localFile, $serverFile, FTP_ASCII) or die('Could not download the file from the ftp server');
      ftp_close($conn);
}

function saveFile($serverFile, $localFile)
{
      global $ftpAccount, $ftpPasswd;
      $conn = ftp_connect($ftp_server) or die ('Could not connect to the ftp server');
      ftp_login($conn, $ftpAccount, $ftpPasswd) or die('Could not login to the ftp server');
      ftp_put($conn, $serverFile, $localFile, FTP_ASCII) or die('Could not upload the file to the ftp server');
      ftp_close($conn);
}

function getBlock($text, $startString, $endString)
{
      if (strpos($text, $startString) !== false && strpos($text, $endString) !== false)
            return trim(substr($text, strpos($text, $startString) + strlen($startString), strpos($text, $endString)-strpos($text, $startString)-strlen($startString)));
      else
      {
            if (strpos($text, $startString) === false)
                  echo '<h1>Missing "',$startString,'" in input file</h1>';
            if (strpos($text, $endString) === false)
                  echo '<h1>Missing "',$endString,'" in input file</h1>';
      }
}

$ftpServer = 'your.server.com';
$ftpAccount = 'yourAccount';
$ftpPasswd = 'yourPassword';
$serverFile = '/path/on/the/remote/server/filename.php';
$tempFile = '/path/to/tempFile.php';
getFile($serverFile, $tempfile);
$contents = implode('',file($tempFile));

if ($_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD'] == 'GET')
{
      $cssContent = getBlock($contents, '//start css', '//end css');
      $topContent = getBlock($contents, '//start top', '//end top');
      $pageContent = getBlock($contents, '//start page', '//end page');
      $bottomContent = getBlock($contents, '//start bottom', '//end bottom');

      echo '<form action="" method="post">';
      echo 'CSS: <textarea name="css">', $cssContent, '</textarea>';
      echo 'TOP: <textarea name="top">', $topContent, '</textarea>';
      echo 'PAGE: <textarea name="page">', $pageContent, '</textarea>';
      echo 'BOTTOM: <textarea name="bottom">', $bottomContent, '</textarea>';
      echo '<input type="submit" value="Save"></form>';
}
if ($_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD'] == 'POST')
{
      if (is_writable($fileName))
      {
            $cssContent = "\n//start css\n". $_POST['css']."\n//end css\n";
            $topContent = "\n//start top\n". $_POST['top']."\n//end top\n";
            $pageContent = "\n//start page\n". $_POST['page']."\n//end page\n";
            $bottomContent = "\n//start bottom\n". $_POST['bottom']."\n//end bottom\n";
            $fp = fopen($tempFile, 'w');
            fwrite($fp, $cssContent);
            fwrite($fp, $topContent);
            fwrite($fp, $pageContent);
            fwrite($fp, $bottomContent);
            fclose($fp);
            saveFile($serverFile, $tempfile);
      }
      else
            echo $fileName, ' is not writeable';
}
?>

remember to give write permission to the dir where your temp file will be.