How can developers effectively troubleshoot and resolve issues related to local FTP server setup in PHP development?

Issue: Developers can effectively troubleshoot and resolve issues related to local FTP server setup in PHP development by checking the FTP server configuration settings, ensuring proper permissions are set for files and directories, and verifying the FTP connection details are correct. 

// Example PHP code snippet to connect to an FTP server and upload a file
$ftp_server = "ftp.example.com";
$ftp_user = "username";
$ftp_pass = "password";
$local_file = "local_file.txt";
$remote_file = "remote_file.txt";

// Connect to FTP server
$ftp_conn = ftp_connect($ftp_server) or die("Could not connect to $ftp_server");

// Login to FTP server
if (ftp_login($ftp_conn, $ftp_user, $ftp_pass)) {
    // Upload file to FTP server
    if (ftp_put($ftp_conn, $remote_file, $local_file, FTP_ASCII)) {
        echo "File uploaded successfully";
    } else {
        echo "Error uploading file";
    }
} else {
    echo "Login failed";
}

// Close FTP connection
ftp_close($ftp_conn);

Keywords

FTP server PHP development troubleshooting local setup resolve issues

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