Problem
You need PHP's built-in ftp functions for the ultra-cool
script you are writing, but your service provider does not have PHP compiled
with the --enable-ftp option.
Solution
If you have a shell account on a system with the same
operating system as your web server, grab the PHP source tarball and
build using:
--with-apxs --enable-ftp=shared
You can check which flags your provider used by putting a phpinfo() call in a script
on your server.
Once compiled, you will find a "modules/ftp.so" file which you can copy
to your web server and enable either by putting:
in your php.ini file or by adding this to the top of your script: