Are there alternative methods or libraries that can be used to achieve the same functionality without relying on the FTP extension in PHP?

The issue with relying on the FTP extension in PHP is that it may not be available on all servers or enabled by default. To achieve the same functionality without relying on the FTP extension, you can use alternative methods such as cURL or SFTP libraries. These libraries provide similar functionality for transferring files securely over the network. 

// Example using cURL to upload a file to a remote server
$localFile = 'local_file.txt';
$remoteFile = 'remote_file.txt';

$ch = curl_init();
$fp = fopen($localFile, 'r');

curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, 'ftp://example.com/' . $remoteFile);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_UPLOAD, 1);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_INFILE, $fp);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_INFILESIZE, filesize($localFile));

curl_exec($ch);

curl_close($ch);
fclose($fp);

Keywords

FTP extension alternative methods libraries functionality PHP.

Related Questions