File Storage :: Test FTP Connection

Hello,

I am using File Storage (https://laravel.com/docs/8.x/filesystem#introduction) to 'put' a file to a remote ftp server. Everything works great, however I would ideally like to check that I have a decent ftp connection first before uploading, as the credentials are entered via a form and may be invalid occasionally. Could anyone help me understand how this could be achieved?

// configure ftp
$ftp = Storage::createFtpDriver([
            'driver'   => 'ftp',
            'host'     => $web->server_ip,
            'username' => $web->server_username,
            'password' =>  $web->server_password,
            'port'     => 21,
            'passive'  => false,
            'ignorePassiveAddress' => true,
]);

// if connection is good then
$ftp->put('/thankyou.jpg', Storage::disk('local')->get('image1.jpg')); 
// else
// echo 'Something went wrong with the connection';

automica

5 years ago

Best Answer

Level 54

@mofish

using a try catch would allow you to determine whether your ftp transfer worked and return an error if it didn't

try{

    $ftp = Storage::createFtpDriver([
        'driver'   => 'ftp',
        'host'     => $web->server_ip,
        'username' => $web->server_username,
        'password' =>  $web->server_password,
        'port'     => 21,
        'passive'  => false,
        'ignorePassiveAddress' => true,
    ]);
    
    // if connection is good then
    $ftp->put('/thankyou.jpg', Storage::disk('local')->get('image1.jpg'));

}
catch (Exception $e){
    return 'Something went wrong with the connection ' . $e->getMessage();
}

MoFish

5 years ago

Level 1

I tried the following however instead of catching the error and displaying my own message it is taking me to the laravel debug screen with message like the following:

League\Flysystem\ConnectionRuntimeException
Could not login with connection: ftp.xx.com::21, username: zxxx1

League\Flysystem\ConnectionRuntimeException
Could not connect to host: ftp.xxx.com, port:21

Any ideas how I can make it return my message to the screen?

automica

5 years ago

Level 54

Have you tried switching the Exception in the catch to one of the two you are getting?

MoFish

5 years ago

Level 1

Hi, yes i have tried that however still get the laravel error page appearing.

League\Flysystem\ConnectionRuntimeException
Could not login with connection: ftp.xxx.com::21, username: zxxx

try{

// upload put here

}catch (ConnectionRuntimeException $e){

echo "boom";

}

[email protected]

4 years ago

Level 1

@MoFish - i have successfully try by this method:

<?php

namespace App\Exceptions;
	

   /**
     * Render an exception into an HTTP response.
     *
     * @param  \Illuminate\Http\Request  $request
     * @param  \Exception  $exception
     * @return \Illuminate\Http\Response
     */
    public function render($request, Exception $exception)
    {
        if($exception instanceOf \League\Flysystem\ConnectionRuntimeException){
            //handle custom exception here
            
        }
        return parent::render($request, $exception);
    }
}

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