This brief tutorial focuses on FTP-based file uploads using the PHP-FTP protocol to upload in a two-step process: from your local disk to a Web server and then to an FTP server.

With a home FTP server, you can upload and download files on your home hard drive from the office, your friend's house, or to your laptop while you're on the road using any FTP client.

Downloading files using the File Transfer Protocol can be useful when accessing online file archives maintained by many companies and other organizations. FTP also can be useful for transferring ...