Can FTP sessions be carried to another script?

[kipper]

Some background on the application I want to develop:

Goal: I would like to connect to a remote FTP server after gathering input data from an HTML form. After opening an FTP session, I would like to output a list of files in the directory the user specified. I want the user to pick the file they want to download from the list, and download it.

I have three files currently which I am working on.

1. html form page
2. first php script
3. second php script

The html form is very simple. No problems there.

The first php script is done to the point of displaying a list of files in the directory in a drop down menu, which is a part of a form. The form will send data (the selected file from the list) to the second php script, which will download the file.

Here are my questions:

Is there a better way of getting this done using just one script?
In the second script, I wan -- This message may have been cut off and the rest will only be shown to members. To become a member, click here --

[capricorn]

A php script is a file containing PHP code.

2 php scripts can be involved in the answer of a single HTTP query. In that case, the two script can exchange data using function parameters.

But in your case, i have the feeling that your two scripts are meant to react to 2 differents HTTP stimuli. In that case they belong to a different execution line. Variables in PHP does not exist outside of their execution line context, which mean that even a single PHP script cannot share one of its variable with a second call to itself.

When manipulating strings or numbers, it is possible to store the variables in a *global* scope such as sessions, but in your case, the ftp connection is a resource and a resource is not serializable and can't therefore be passed from one execution line to the other

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