ftp_get(): Transfer failed - php

Question

This is the code that I am using
<?php
// connect and login to FTP server
$ftp_server = "ftp_server";
$ftp_conn = ftp_connect($ftp_server) or die("Could not connect to $ftp_server");
ftp_pasv($ftp_conn, TRUE);
ftp_set_option($ftp_conn, FTP_TIMEOUT_SEC, 2800);
$ftp_username="ftp_username";
$ftp_userpass="ftp_userpass";
$login = ftp_login($ftp_conn, $ftp_username, $ftp_userpass);
$local_file = "local_file";
$server_file = "server_file";
if (ftp_get($ftp_conn, $local_file, $server_file, FTP_BINARY))
{
echo "Successfully written to ".$local_file;
}
else
{
echo "Error downloading ".$server_file;
}
// close connection
ftp_close($ftp_conn);
I get the same error all the time-
"Warning: ftp_get(): Transfer failed in myfile.php on line 33
Error downloading server_file"
I try to see if the file that I am trying to get is the right one so I used
this code-
$res = ftp_size($ftp_conn, $server_file);
if ($res != -1) {
echo "size of $server_file is $res bytes";
} else {
echo "couldn't get the size";
}
I get the file size so the file is exist. The file is about 11MB so the size of the file not suppose to be an issue.
I added the lines :
ftp_pasv($ftp_conn, TRUE);
ftp_set_option($ftp_conn, FTP_TIMEOUT_SEC, 2800);
After searching solutions on the web but the results are the same with or without those lines...
Any ideas?
Cheerz

Answer 1

You need to call ftp_pasv() after ftp_login(), not before. Check the return value of the function call to see if it succeeds.