Scope of ftp_put function in PHP cant it make transfers between two different location on the same server

[codeispoetry]

@martbean

Great. It’s worth getting a better understanding of relative and absolute paths though.

There was populist belief spread across the Internet on many forums that a destination can only contain a file name, but I find that to be untrue through experimentation.

I changed the destination carrying just file name, to the path + filename combination, and I find that it works.

Without Path = $destination = $rand.$filename;

​With Path = $destination = “2/”.$rand.$filename;

Similarly, the source may contain a path depending upon the location of the script file; If the script file and “the file to be uploaded” are not in the same location then the path may involve.

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[martbean]

Yes, that is correct. The initial problem you had initially was that the path was wrong, so the file you were trying to upload couldn’t be found.

[codeispoetry]

True, but I have one more confusion →
ftp_fput( *ftp_conn, remote_file, open_file, mode, startpos* );

startpos → It is to give the path within the FTP folder?

[martbean]

No, I think it’s something to do with partial uploads but I have never used ftp_fput and only ever use ftp_put.

[codeispoetry]

By mistake, I posted that but the same logic goes for ftp_put:

PHP ftp_put() Function

[martbean]

Well the answer’s the same. I don’t really know what startpos is for but it’s nothing to do with the path. My guess is it’s to do with uploading a file in chunks but I can’t find much documentation on it.

Note that the spec in the PHP manual shows that startpos should be an integer, which gives you a clue as to what it’s for: