I need to upload same file to 2 different place in same FTP. Is there a way to copy the file on the FTP to the other place instead of upload it again? Thanks.
There's no standard way to duplicate a remote file over the FTP protocol. Some FTP servers support proprietary or non-standard extensions for this though.
Some FTP clients do support the remote file duplication. Either using the extensions or via a temporary local copy of the remote file.
For example WinSCP FTP client does support the duplication using both drag&drop and menu/keyboard command:
It supports the SITE CPFR/CPTO FTP extension (supported for example by the ProFTPD mod_copy module)
It falls back to an automatic duplication via a local temporary copy, if the above extension is not available.
(I'm the author of WinSCP)
Another workaround is to open a second connection to the FTP server and make the server upload the file to itself by piping a passive mode data connection to an active mode data connection. This solution is shown in the answer by #SaadAchemlal. This is basically use of FXP protocol, but for one server. Though many FTP servers will reject this, as they wont allow data connection to/from an address different to the client's.
Side note: people often confuse move with copy. In case you actually want to move, then that's a completely different question. Moving file on FTP is widely supported.
I don't think there's a way to copy files without downloading and re-uploading, at least I found nothing like this in the List of FTP commands and no client I have seen so far supported something like this.
Yes, the FTP protocol itself can support this in theory. The FTP RFC 959 discusses this in section 5.2 (see the paragraph starting with "When data is to be transferred between two servers, A and B..."). However, I don't know of any client that offers this sort of dual server control operation.
Note that this method could transfer the file from the FTP server to itself using its own network, which won't be as fast as a local file copy but would almost certainly be faster than downloading and then reuploading the file.
I can copy files between remote folders in Linux based systems.
In my particular case, I'm using very common file manager PCManFM:
Menu "Go" --> "Connect to server"
FTP Login info, etc
Open new tab in PCManFM
Connect to same server
Copy from tab to tab...
It's a bit slow, so I guess that it could be downloading and uploading back the files, but it's done automatically and very user-friendly.
The code below makes the FTP server to upload the file to itself (using loopback connection). It needs the FTP server to allow both passive and active connection mode.
If you want to understand the ftp commands here is a list of them : List of ftp commands
function copyFile($filePath, $newFilePath)
{
$ftp1 = ftp_connect('192.168.1.1');
$ftp2 = ftp_connect('192.168.1.1');
ftp_raw($ftp1, "USER ftpUsername");
ftp_raw($ftp1, "PASS mypassword");
ftp_raw($ftp2, "USER ftpUsername");
ftp_raw($ftp2, "PASS mypassword");
$res = ftp_raw($ftp2, "PASV");
$addressAndPort = substr($res[0], strpos($res[0], '(') + 1);
$addressAndPort = substr($addressAndPort, 0, strpos($addressAndPort, ')'));
ftp_raw($ftp1, "CWD ." . dirname($newFilePath));
ftp_raw($ftp2, "CWD ." . dirname($filePath));
ftp_raw($ftp1, "PORT ".$addressAndPort);
ftp_raw($ftp1, "STOR " . basename($newFilePath));
ftp_raw($ftp2, "RETR " . basename($filePath));
ftp_raw($ftp1, "QUIT");
ftp_raw($ftp2, "QUIT");
}
I managed to do this by using WebDrive to mount the ftp as a local folder, then "download" the files using filezilla directly to the folder. It was a bit slower than download normally is, but you dont need to have the space on your hdd.
Here's another workaround using PHP cUrl to execute a copy request on the server by feeding parameters from the local machine and reporting the outcome:
Local code:
In this simple test routine, I want to copy the leaning tower photo to the correct folder, Pisa:
$ch = curl_init();
$data = array ('pic' => 'leaningtower', 'folder' => 'Pisa');
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL,"http://travelphotos.com/copypic.php");
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POST, 1);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, $data);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, TRUE);
$result = curl_exec($ch);
curl_close($ch);
echo $result;
Server code (copypic.php):
On the remote server, I have simple error checking. On this server I had to mess with the path designation, i.e., I had to use "./" for an acceptable path reference, so you may have to tinker with it a bit.
$pic = $_POST["pic"];
$folder = $_POST["folder"];
if (!$pic || !$folder) exit();
$sourcePath = "./unsortedpics/".$pic.".jpg";
$destPath = "./sortedpics/".$folder."/".$pic.".jpg";
if (!file_exists($sourcePath )) exit("Source file not found");
if (!is_dir("./sortedpics/".$folder)) exit("Invalid destination folder");
if (!copy($sourcePath , $destPath)) exit("Copy not successful");
echo "File copied";
You can do this from C-Panel.
Log into your C-Panel.
Go into file manager.
Find the file or folder you want to duplicate.
Right-click and chose Copy.
Type in the new director you want to copy to.
Done!
You can rename the file to be copied into the full path of your wanted result.
For example:
If you want to move the file "file.txt" into the folder "NewFolder" you can write it as
ftp> rename file.txt NewFolder/file.txt
This worked for me.
Related
I am working on a php web app .
I need to upload a file to the web server, with customer info - customers.csv.
but this process needs to be automated ,
The file will be generated in a Point of Sale app , and the app can open a browser window with the url ...
first i taught i would do something like this www.a.com/upload/&file=customers.csv
but read on here that is not possible,
then i taught i would set a value for the file upload field and submit form automatically after x seconds. Discovered thats not possible .
Anybody with a solution , will be appreciated .
EDIT
I have tried this and it works ,file is uploaded to remote server
is it working only because the php script is running on the same pc where csv is sitting ???
$file = 'c:\downloads\customers.csv';
$remote_file = 'customers.csv';
// set up basic connection
$conn_id = ftp_connect('host.com');
// login with username and password
$login_result = ftp_login($conn_id,'user','password');
// upload a file
if (ftp_put($conn_id, $remote_file, $file, FTP_ASCII)) {
echo "successfully uploaded $file\n";
} else {
echo "There was a problem while uploading $file\n";
}
// close the connection
ftp_close($conn_id);
This is of course not possible, imagine how this could be abused to upload on linux as example the /etc/passwd. The only way it might be possible is to use a Java Applet, but this is for sure not the best way.
You could try to let your PoS Application make a web request with the customers.csv file and let a WebAPI handle the upload, this may be possible, but I have no expierence with Point of Sale Applications.
Best might be, if the solution above cannot be considered, to just prompt the user to provide the file above and check over name + content if it is the correct one.
This is a bit tricky, but if your CSV is not too long, you could encode it in base64, send to the webserver as a GET parameter and then, in the server side, decode and store it as a CSV file.
If the file is too big to do that, you have to use other method, like the java applet pointed by #D.Schalla or even install and configure a FTP server, and make the Point of Sale app uploads the file there.
Other alternative, specially good if you cannot modify the sale app, is to install a web server in the client side and write a small php script to handle the upload process. In this way, the sale app could call a local url (something like: http:// localhost/upload.php) and it's this script the one in charge to upload the file which can be achieve with a classical HTTP POST, a FTP connection or any other way you can think about.
MY Solution , which will work with out setting up web server on client side.
This is for windows but can be adapted to linux
On client side
Local Application opens cmd and runs this command ftp -n -s:C:\test.scr
WHICH opens test.scr - a file with ftp commands e.g.
open host.com
user1
passwOrd
put C:\downloads\customers.csv public_html/customers.csv
more info here :
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/96269
more commands :
http://www.nsftools.com/tips/MSFTP.htm#put
I am currently opening and writing a text file into my local server with the following:
$mypath="sms_file\\cbsms_";
$fp = fopen($file_name.'.txt', "w");
fwrite($fp, $value. "\r\n");
fclose($fp);
I want to now copy that file to a remote server like /home/project on 10.10.18.23 (home network)
Assuming that I have R/W access in that directory, what would be the best way of achieving this?
The remote server needs to know that there is a request coming in to store a file on it. There are several possibilities here, the easiest would be to run a FTP server.
Another option would be to use the exec() function call scp on the command line (provided you have exchanged ssh keys with the remote server).
Another option would be to create a PHP page on the remote server that accepts POST requests with files and stores them. You must provide your own security measures in this case.
If you can mount the remote host as a permanent volume (via NFS or CIFS), you can use the regular PHP copy() function.
You can try using exec() to run an SCP command:
exec('scp /path/to/file.txt user#homenetworkhost:/home/project/file.txt');
// Obviously, you'll have to set up your SSH permissions and for 'user#homenetworkhost' you'll want to change it to your home network's user and host names.
By the looks of your exmample, I would say your PHP server is on Windows (looking at the backslash in $mypath="sms_file\\cbsms_";), and your remote host is UNIX/LINUX (looking at forward slashes and location /home/project). I would suggest setting up SSH or FTP on the remote host and rather use those protocols than copying it to a network location. Your PHP server (Windows box) will then have to communicate via SSH/FTP and copy the file.
References:
http://php.net/manual/en/book.ftp.php
http://php.net/manual/en/function.ssh2-scp-send.php
I am a realtor/web designer. I am trying to write a script to download a zip file to my server from a ftp server. My website is all in php/mysql. The problem that I am having is that I cannot actually log in to the ftp server. The file is provided through a link that is available to me, but access to the actual server is not available. Here is the link i have access to.
ftp://1034733:ze3Kt699vy14#idx.living.net/idx_fl_ftp_down/idx_ftmyersbeach_dn/ftmyersbeach_data.zip
php's normal functions for accomplishing this give me a connection error. Php does not have permission to access this server... Any solutions to this problem would be a life saver for me. I am looking to use a cron job to run this script every day so i don't have to physically download this file and upload it to my (godaddy) server, which is my current solution (not a good one, i know!).
Also, I can figure out how to unzip the file myself, as I have done some work with php's zip extension, but any tips for an efficient way to do this would be appreciated as well. I am looking to access a text file inside of the zip archive called "ftmyers_data.txt"
Do you have shell access to the server on which your PHP application runs? If so, you might be able to automate the retrieval using a shell script and the ftp shell command.
Use php_curl
$curl = curl_init();
$fh = fopen("file.zip", 'w');
curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_URL, "ftp://1034733:ze3Kt699vy14#idx.living.net/idx_fl_ftp_down/idx_ftmyersbeach_dn/ftmyersbeach_data.zip");
curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1);
$result = curl_exec($curl);
fwrite($fh, $result);
fclose($fh);
curl_close($curl);
Easy as pi. :)
I have files that are automatically uploaded onto a server from mobile phones, and I need to automatically transfer these files from the server to another server using PHP.
Could someone please explain how I would do this?
Thanks for any help
PHP has FTP functionality built in with FTP wrappers:
Allows read access to existing files and creation of new files via FTP. If the server does not support passive mode ftp, the connection will fail.
This means you can use FTP like any other file - an extremely simple example:
<?php
$data = file_get_contents('some/other/file.txt');
$fname = "ftp://name:yourpassword#127.55.41.10:21/some/path/filename.txt";
file_put_contents($fname,$data);
?>
I have Wamp (server called emerald) running and Mamp running on my Mac. People register on Mamp. Emerald is basically file hosting.
Emerald connects to Mamp's mysql database, to login users. However, I want to create a directories for new registrations on Emerald using PHP.
How can I do this? I have tried using this code:
$thisdir = "192.168.1.71";
$name = "Ryan-Hart";
if(mkdir($thisdir ."/documents/$name" , 0777))
{
echo "Directory has been created successfully...";
}
But had no luck. It basically needs to connect the other server and create a directory, in the name of the user.
I hope this is clear.
You can't create directories through http. You need a filesystem connection to the remote location (a local hard disk, or a network share for example).
The easiest way that doesn't require setting up FTP, SSH or a network share would be to put a PHP script on Emerald:
<?php
// Skipping sanitation because it's only going to be called
// from a friendly script. If "dir" is user input, you need to sanitize
$dirname = $_GET["dir"];
$secret_token = "10210343943202393403";
if ($_GET["token"] != $secret_token) die ("Access denied");
// Alternatively, you could restrict access to one IP
error_reporting(0); // Turn on to see mkdir's error messages
$success = mkdir("/home/www/htdocs/docs/".$dirname);
if ($success) echo "OK"; else echo "FAIL";
and call it from the other server:
$success = file_get_contents("http://192.168.1.71/create_script.php?token=10210343943202393403&dir=HelloWorld");
echo $success; // "OK" or "FAIL"
Create a script on another server that creates the dir and call it remotely.
Make sure you have security check (+a simple password at least)
There is no generic method to access remote server filesystems. You have to use a file transfer protocol and server software to do so. One option would be SSH, which however requires some setup.
$thisdir = "ssh2.sftp://user:pass#192.168.1.71/directory/";
On Windows you might get FTP working more easily, so using an ftp:// url as directory might work.
As last alternative you could enable WebDAV (the PUT method alone works for file transfers, not creating directories) on your WAMP webserver. (But then you probably can't use the raw PHP file functions, probably needs a wrapper class or curl to utilize it.)
I know this is old but i think this might me useful, in my experience:
if(mkdir($thisdir ."/documents/name" , 0777))
doesn't work, i need to do it:
mkdir($thisdir, 0777);
mkdir($thisdir ."/documents" , 0777);
mkdir($thisdir ."/documents/name" , 0777));
hope it helps :)