FTP context options

FTP context options — FTP context option listing

Description

Context options for ftp:// and ftps:// transports.

Options

overwrite boolean

Allow overwriting of already existing files on remote server. Applies to write mode (uploading) only.

Defaults to FALSE.

resume_pos integer

File offset at which to begin transfer. Applies to read mode (downloading) only.

Defaults to 0 (Beginning of File).

proxy string

Proxy FTP request via http proxy server. Applies to file read operations only. Ex: tcp://squid.example.com:8000.

ChangeLog

Version	Description
5.1.0	Added proxy .
5.0.0	Added overwrite and resume_pos .

Notes

Note: Underlying socket stream context options
Additional context options may be supported by the underlying transport For ftp:// streams, refer to context options for the tcp:// transport. For ftps:// streams, refer to context options for the ssl:// transport.

See Also

• Socket context options
• SSL context options