This repo is totally outdated, try to avoid using it

I will leave it here just as an example of myself years ago

curl-ftp

FTP via cURL library for CodeIgniter

Usage:

Loading library

$this->load->library('curlftp',
     array(
        'host' => 'your_ftp_host_address',
        'user' => 'ftp_username',
        'password' => 'ftp_password'
    )
);

Get directory's listing

$directory = $this->curlftp->dir('/public_html/');

Download single file

$result = $this->curlftp->download_file('/public_html/index.php','/local/path/');

Will download file to /local/path/index.php and return true/false as result

Download array of files

$result = $this->curlftp->download(array('/public_html/index.php','/public_html/another.php'),'/local/path/');

Will download two files (index.php and another.php) to /local/path/index.php and /local/path/another.php and return true/false as result

Download file and save renamed

$result = $this->curlftp->download('/public_html/index.php','/local/path/edited.php');

Will download remote file (/public_html/index.php) to /local/path/edited.php and return true/false as result

Download directories and files recursively

$result = $this->curlftp->download('/public_html/','/local/path/');

Will download all files from /public_html/ and directories recursively to /local/path/ with chmod from remote server and return true/false as result. Please check $configuration['threads'] to define amount of connections

bahrampc/curl-ftp