For quite some time I've been wanting to compile PHP for the sole purpose of using the ftp_ssl_connect() function. According to the PHP manual:
ftp_ssl_connect() is only available if OpenSSL support is enabled into your version of PHP. If it's undefined and you've compiled FTP support then this is why. For Windows you must compile your own PHP binaries to support this function.
When I first saw this I was disappointed. I thought I would never be able to compile PHP myself. It just felt like a daunting task to get my system configured correctly.
Well, it's not perfect, but I have been able to get it to work, and I've even been able to patch up the PHP code itself!
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