Downloading a file via ftp using php - php

Question

I'm using ftp_put() to download a file from another server. Everything (connection etc.) working but it wont download.
ftp_chdir($conn_id, $destination_file);
$upload = ftp_put($conn_id, $name, $source_file, FTP_BINARY);
above is my code and its giving error "Can't change directory to"...
when i out ftp_put without 'ftp_chdir' it didn't work so i used ftp_chdir. but still not working. $destination_file equal to a path and $name equal to a file. Please give me an idea what a i doing wrong?
p.s even $upload is returning true. But i can't find the file anywhere.

Answer 1

Use ftp_get not ftp_put
<?php
// define some variables
$local_file = 'local.zip';
$server_file = 'server.zip';
// set up basic connection
$conn_id = ftp_connect($ftp_server);
// login with username and password
$login_result = ftp_login($conn_id, $ftp_user_name, $ftp_user_pass);
// try to download $server_file and save to $local_file
if (ftp_get($conn_id, $local_file, $server_file, FTP_BINARY)) {
echo "Successfully written to $local_file\n";
} else {
echo "There was a problem\n";
}
// close the connection
ftp_close($conn_id);
?>
ftp_get from PHP manual

Answer 2

This is my code,
$source_file="http://example.com/ex/ex2/".$file_name; and $destination_file is equal to a path.
$conn_id = ftp_connect($ftp_server);
// login with username and password
$login_result = ftp_login($conn_id, $ftp_user_name, $ftp_user_pass);
// check connection
if ((!$conn_id) || (!$login_result)) {
echo "FTP connection has failed!";
echo "Attempted to connect to $ftp_server for user $ftp_user_name";
exit;
} else {
echo "Connected to $ftp_server, for user $ftp_user_name";
}
// upload the file
//ftp_chdir($conn_id, $destination_file);
$upload = ftp_get($conn_id, $destination_file, $source_file, FTP_BINARY);
// check upload status
if (!$upload) {
echo "FTP upload has failed!";
} else {
echo "Downloaded $source_file";
}
// close the FTP stream
ftp_close($conn_id);*/