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Description

Returns a reference to the global FTP connector object, only creating it if it doesn't already exist.

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Syntax

& getInstance($host= '127.0.0.1', $port= '21', $options=null, $user=null, $pass=null)

Parameter Name	Default Value	Description
$host	'127.0.0.1'	$host Host to connect to
$port	'21'	$port Port to connect to
$options	null	FTP_ASCII|FTP_BINARY], timeout=>(int)
$user	null	$user Username to use for a connection
$pass	null	$pass Password to use for a connection

Returns

The FTP Client object. 

Defined in

libraries/joomla/client/ftp.php

Importing

jimport( 'joomla.client.ftp' );

Source Body

function &getInstance($host = '127.0.0.1', $port = '21', $options = null, $user = null, $pass = null)
{
        static $instances = array();

        $signature = $user.':'.$pass.'@'.$host.":".$port;

        // Create a new instance, or set the options of an existing one
        if (!isset ($instances[$signature]) || !is_object($instances[$signature])) {
                $instances[$signature] = new JFTP($options);
        } else {
                $instances[$signature]->setOptions($options);
        }

        // Connect to the server, and login, if requested
        if (!$instances[$signature]->isConnected()) {
                $return = $instances[$signature]->connect($host, $port);
                if ($return && $user !== null && $pass !== null) {
                        $instances[$signature]->login($user, $pass);
                }
        }

        return $instances[$signature];
}

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