ok now im getting problems with that. i get this error [code]Parse error: parse error, unexpected T_DNUMBER, expecting T_VARIABLE or '$' in /home/rmmsclan/public_html/main/mani_stats/ranks/index.php on line 8[/code] useing this code (but with pass login and server ip) [code]<?php // define some variables $local_file = 'local.zip'; $server_file = 'server.zip'; // set up basic connection $conn_id = ftp_connect($***.***.**.***); // login with username and password $login_result = ftp_login($conn_id, $******, $******); // 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); ?>[/code]