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Bug #49507 ftp_login() returns null
Submitted: 2009-09-09 07:42 UTC Modified: 2009-09-10 07:31 UTC
From: dro at mediaan dot nl Assigned:
Status: Not a bug Package: FTP related
PHP Version: 5.2.10 OS: FreeBSD 5.4
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [2009-09-09 07:42 UTC] dro at mediaan dot nl 
Description:
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After upgrading our PHP version from 4.4.9 to 5.2.10 we are experiencing problems with FTP.

The example below used to return true for variable $login_result under PHP version 4.4.9. After migration to PHP version 5.2.10 the example below returns null for variable $login_result.

Reproduce code:
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$conn_id = @ftp_ssl_connect($ftp_server);
$login_result = @ftp_login($conn_id, $ftp_username, $ftp_password);


Expected result:
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true

Actual result:
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null

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 [2009-09-09 08:45 UTC] jani@php.net 
And what might it output if you removed the @'s ? There's quite likely and error that happens which you now don't know anything about..
 [2009-09-09 09:04 UTC] dro at mediaan dot nl 
After removing the @'s I get a warning.

Warning: ftp_login() [function.ftp-login]: 'AUTH SSL': command not understood in /usr/jail/home/a/aevitae/htdocs/incl_stap7.php on line 229.
 [2009-09-09 10:04 UTC] jani@php.net 
"Well, there's your problem." -- Q:-{)

Check the target ftp server if it actually supports such. Doesn't seem to be any bug per se.
 [2009-09-09 10:35 UTC] dro at mediaan dot nl 
When I change the line "$conn_id = @ftp_ssl_connect($ftp_server);" to "$conn_id = @ftp_connect($ftp_server);" it works.

I'm a little confused. 

Does this mean the FTP server I'm trying to connect to doesn't support ftp_ssl_connect?

Why am I getting the error message on ftp_login rather then ftp_ssl_connect then?

How is this possible when nothing has changed on the FTP server configuration? The same code used to work under PHP 4.4.9 while connecting to the same FTP server.
 [2009-09-09 19:36 UTC] jani@php.net 
RTFM: http://www.php.net/ftp_ssl_connect

And search for the "Changelog" and there's your answer..
 [2009-09-10 07:31 UTC] dro at mediaan dot nl 
Changelog
5.2.2: The function was changed to return FALSE when it can't use an SSL connection, instead of fallbacking to a non-SSL one as previously. 

Above is what the changelog says. But ftp_ssl_connect doesn't return FALSE. It does return a SSL-FTP stream. 

It is the function call to ftp_login that returns NULL. Looking at the manual ftp_login can either return TRUE or FALSE, but not NULL.

Please read my earlier comments!
 
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