Re: [PHP-DEV] PHP 4.0 Bug #8187: Partial FTP Downloads From: Ron Chmara (ron <email protected>)
Date: 12/09/00

adam <email protected> wrote:
> From: adam <email protected>
> Operating system: All
> PHP version: 4.0.3pl1
> PHP Bug Type: Feature/Change Request
> Bug description: Partial FTP Downloads
> Just a short simple feature request:
> I'd really love the ability to be able to do partial
> FTP downloads. At the moment the ftp_get() functions
> download the entire file.
> It'd be nice to have an optional parameter with how
> many bytes to download.
> The reason I ask is that it would be infinitely useful
> for my FTP search engine. Being able to partial download
> (say 1000 bytes) lets me know whether a particular
> FTP site has a ratio or some sort of download restrictions.

For the near future, would a timer and a socket connection
serve your needs? For example, several mail checking functions
use direct connections over port 25 to verify mail server.

-Bop 

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