The ftp_alloc() function allocates space for a file to be uploaded to the FTP server.
Syntax
ftp_alloc(connection,size_of_file,res);
Parameters
connection − The FTP connection to use
size_of_file − The number of bytes to allocate
res − A variable to store the server response
Return
The ftp_alloc() function returns TRUE on success or FALSE on failure
Example
The following is an example −
<?php
$myFile = "demo.txt";
$con = ftp_connect('192.168.0.4');
$login_result = ftp_login($con, 'yuvgj2j', 'yuvgj2j');
if (ftp_alloc($con, filesize($myFile), $res)) {
echo "Sending $file\n";
ftp_put($con, 'D:/ds', $myFile, FTP_BINARY);
} else {
echo "Failed in allocating space! Message = $res\n";
}
ftp_close($con);
?>