<?php // connect and login to FTP server $ftp_server = "ftp.example.com"; $ftp_conn = ftp_connect($ftp_server) or die("Could not connect to $ftp_server"); $login = ftp_login($ftp_conn, $ftp_username, $ftp_userpass); $server_file = "somefile.txt"; // open local file to write to $local_file = "local.txt"; $fp = fopen($local_file,"w"); // initiate download $d = ftp_nb_fget($ftp_conn, $fp, $server_file, FTP_BINARY) while ($d == FTP_MOREDATA)   {   // do whatever you want   // continue downloading   $d = ftp_nb_continue($ftp_conn);   } if ($d != FTP_FINISHED)   {   echo "Error downloading $server_file";   exit(1);   } // close connection and file handler ftp_close($ftp_conn); fclose($fp); ?>