Filezilla Connect through PHP - php

Question

I am trying to upload a file from my machine (client side) to the FileZilla server (server side) I have for storing the web page files.
When trying to connect to FileZilla through PHP I receive the following error message:
Connection failed: Connection refused
Usually, I would expect the error when the login credentials are incorrect, however, in this case, they are correct.
My question: Can you connect to FileZilla via PHP? I am sure the answer must be 'Yes' however due to the technical difficulties currently I would not be surprised otherwise.
Potentially there is an error in the formatting of the connection function.
var $host = "xx.xx.xx.xx";
var $user = "xx";
var $pass = "xx";
var $connect;
function serverConnection()
{
$conection = mysqli_connect($this->host, $this->user, $this->pass) or die
("Connection failed: " . mysqli_connect_error());
/* check connection */
if (mysqli_connect_errno()) {
printf("Connect failed: %s\n", mysqli_connect_error());
exit();
} else {
$this->connect = $conection;
}
return $this->connect;
}
The goal is to be able to upload files from a form to FileZilla, to act as users profile pictures.

Answer 1

Currently, you're using mysqli_connect which connects to a database server, you need to connect to an FTP server, so you should use the FTP functions. You should first connect and then login.
It should look something like this:
$server = 'myServer';
$user = 'myUsername';
$pass = 'myPassword';
$connect = ftp_connect($server) or die('Could not connect to FTP-server.');
if(ftp_login($connect, $user, $pass)) {
echo 'Connected to FTP-server.';
}