What are the best practices for handling FTP connections in PHP scripts to avoid connection issues like the one described in the forum thread?

Issue: The forum thread describes a common problem with FTP connections in PHP scripts where the connection is not properly closed, leading to connection issues and potential resource leaks. To avoid this, it is important to always close the FTP connection after using it in your script. Fix:

// Open FTP connection
$ftp_server = "ftp.example.com";
$ftp_username = "username";
$ftp_password = "password";
$ftp_connection = ftp_connect($ftp_server);
ftp_login($ftp_connection, $ftp_username, $ftp_password);

// Perform FTP operations here

// Close FTP connection
ftp_close($ftp_connection);