Connection to secure FTP Server from PHP

Question

This question is in line with this question, I am trying to connect to secure FTP Server and it is not able to connect, wierd part is that I am able to do ssh and connect to the

Answer 1

As for ´ftp via ssh´ alias ´sftp´: No direct advice, but note, that many cheap 'non-dedicated server' webhosts do not support it (which is bad). Company firewalls might block the relevant ports.

As for 'ftp using ssl/tls' alias 'ftps': Your answer is here. Don't waste time on ftp_ssl_connect() :-)

(Yes, it's poorly documented on the php site, to say the least)