ftp_connect() & ftp_mdtime()

[pesale86]

Hi everyone! I'm trying to check time modification time for file stored on remote computer. I tried using ftp connection to do it, but it seems not work as I expected.

 

<?php

    $filename = "/path/to/file";

    // Connect and login to ftp server
    $Connection = ftp_connect(ftp_server_IP_ addres) or die("Could not connect!");

    ftp_login($Connection,"user","pass");
   
    // Get time file was last modified
    $UNIXtime = ftp_mdtm($Connection, $filename);
   
    // Convert to human readable time
    if ($UNIXtime != -1) {
        $FILEtime = date("Y:m:d", $UNIXtime);
    }
    else echo "Error!";
   
    // Close ftp connection
    ftp_close($Connection);

?>

 

This code deny to connect to server (although some ftp clients connects to it with no problems). So, I realized something wrong with my server, because I connected to public server with no problems (public server IP addres: 194.159.255.135, file example: /pub/adware/win9x/ukphone2.txt, NO LOGIN). But, ftp_mdtime() returns -1 for every single file I tried.

 

I do not expect to help me with my server problem, but if someone have idea, please share it with me . But, what I realy need to know: What is wrong with ftp_mdtime()?

[btherl]

This works fine for me:

 

<?
    $filename = "/pub/adware/win9x/ukphone2.txt";

    // Connect and login to ftp server
    $Connection = ftp_connect('194.159.255.135') or die("Could not connect!");

    ftp_login($Connection,"ftp","me@here.com");

    // Get time file was last modified
    $UNIXtime = ftp_mdtm($Connection, $filename);

    // Convert to human readable time
    if ($UNIXtime != -1) {
        $FILEtime = date("Y:m:d", $UNIXtime);
        print "Modification time: $FILEtime\n";
    }
    else echo "Error!";

    // Close ftp connection
    ftp_close($Connection);

?>

[pesale86]

Ok, thx! Works for me too. Any ideas for server problem? Maybe I should enable something... ?

[btherl]

The server problem is that you ftp_connect() fails for the site you want to connect to, but succeeds for a public server?  Are both using the default ftp port number?