PHP script to copy a file from 1 FTP to another FTP - php

Question

I would like to copy a file (eg. MYFILE.csv) from FTP 'SOURCE' to FTP 'TARGET'. What type of command would you recommend for a script in php?
I have tried this but it didn't work.
<?php
$server = 'ftp.TARGET.com' ;//address of ftp server
$user_name = 'USER_TARGET'; // Username
$password = 'PASSWORD_TARGET'; // Password
$source = 'MYFILE.csv';
$dest = '/in/MYFILE.csv';
$mode='FTP_ASCII';
// set up basic connection
$connection = ftp_connect($server) ;
// login with username and password
$login_result = ftp_login($server, $user_name, $password);
// upload a file
if (ftp_put($connection, $dest, $source, $mode)) {
echo "successfully uploaded $source\n";
} else {
echo "There was a problem while uploading $source\n";
}
// close the connection
ftp_close($connection);
?>
=> The php script will be hosted in a folder on FTP A.
Thank you for your guidance.

Answer 1

You can use file_put_contents
http://php.net/manual/en/function.file-put-contents.php
file_put_contents('ftp://user:pass#server/path/to/file.txt', $data);
It will return false on a failure:
if(file_put_contents('ftp://user:pass#server/path/to/file.txt', $data)) {
// ftp upload successful
} else {
// ftp upload failed
}
Why does your current method fail though?