fopen() help

[kev@num]

I'm having trouble connecting through fopen using variables as the login details, but with file_get_content it works fine?!

 

These are my variables:-

 

$ftpaddy="ftp.mydomain.com";
$username="me";
$password="password";

$editingdir="/public_html/edit/";
$editfile="editme.txt";


$myftppath = "ftp://" . $username . ":" . $password . "@" . $ftpaddy . $editingdir . $editfile; //puts all variables into string

 

When I try to connect and read the file using the following method it works fine:-

 

$file = file_get_contents("$myftppath", "r");

 

but when i try and use the same string with fopen as below it doesn't work?!

 

the line i have commented out however works and when i echo the $myftppath variable below it looks the same.. i don't really get it!

 

 

	//$myftppath = "ftp://me:[email protected]/public_html/edit/editme.txt";
	$myftppath = "ftp://" . $username . ":" . $password . "@" . $ftpaddy . $editingdir . $editfile; //puts all variables into string
	$stream_options = array('ftp' => array('overwrite' => true));
	$stream_context = stream_context_create($stream_options);

	if ($fh = fopen($myftppath, 'w', 0, $stream_context)){//fopen only likes the commented out $myftppath not the one using the variables?!
		fputs($fh, $newcontents);
		fclose($fh);
		} else {
		die('Could not open file.');		
	}

 

does anyone know if I am doing the syntax wrong and how to correct it? I read I may need to put another slash after domain.com but this didn't help either.

any help would be much appreciated!

thanks in advance

Kev.

[nethnet]

Check your php.ini file for the setting of allow_url_fopen.

 

allow_url_fopen on PHP.net

 

[rwwd]

Hi there kev@num,

 

Have you echoed the string to see if all is as expected?

 

//$myftppath = "ftp://me:[email protected]/public_html/edit/editme.txt";
$myftppath = "ftp://" . $username . ":" . $password . "@" . $ftpaddy . $editingdir . $editfile; //puts all variables into string

 

try doing this to see if it comes the same when you echo both to screen:-

 

$one = "ftp://me:[email protected]/public_html/edit/editme.txt";
$two = "ftp://".$username.":".$password."@".$ftpaddy.$editingdir.$editfile;

echo $one;
echo "<br>";
echo $two;

 

See if they are the same, then, you should get an idea of where the error is if the second is in any way different to the first..

 

Cheers,

Rw

[kev@num]

Hi rwwd, thanks for your advice, i have tried to echo the two but they come out exactly the same. I will try allow_url_fopen and see if that works

 

it's wierd because $one = "ftp://me:[email protected]/public_html/edit/editme.txt"; works

but $two = "ftp://".$username.":".$password."@".$ftpaddy.$editingdir.$editfile; doesn't!

[kev@num]

oO I tried echoing the variables again, but the second one seems to be coming out as:

 

ftp://:@

 

with all the details missing.

 

for some reason, it's not remembering them further down my code!?

 

(ps allow_url_fopen is turned on)

[kev@num]

sweet, thanks for your help, i have now made my variable global and the second echo now comes out ok!!!

 

Thanks again for your time