Posted by ED on 05/22/07 09:41

"Markus" <derernst@NO#SP#AMgmx.ch> wrote in message
news:46517c0c$1_2@news.cybercity.ch...
> Hi
>
> I encountered that FTP connections seem to remain open on the FTP server,
> though my FTP class has a shutdown function that ftp_quit()s the
> connection.
>
> I did not find any info in the manual regarding the differences of
> ftp_close() and ftp_quit(). Do I have to use ftp_close()? Or even first
> close, then quit? Is it possible that ftp_quit() does not close the
> connection on the FTP server? Or do I have to look for something else?
>
> Thanks for some hints!
> Markus


hi Markus,

Just a thought, but maybe try sending an FTP QUIT command to the server
before closing the conn - it may give the server the hint to close its
connection(s):

ftp_raw($ftpconn, 'QUIT');
ftp_close($ftpconn);

cheers,
ED

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