i tried it... but still getting blank page for $site should it not be "www.universalmailing.com" ftp://firmemente.universalmailing.com@wwww.universalmailing.com (this is what the client has to type in to get into their folder) i apologize.... the actual id is firmemente.universalmailing.com when a pop up window shows up: id: firmemente.universalmailing.com pass: mentefirme from universalmailing.com/login.html id: firmemente.universalmailing.com pass: mentefirme so then...... <?php $site = "www.universalmailing.com" $username = "firmemente.universalmailing.com" ; $password = "mentefirme" ; echo '<a href="ftp://' .$username .':' .$password .'@' .$site .'"> Login to ftp </a>' ; ?>