Real ugly PHP function for uploading file contents via FTP or SFTP

ftp_helper.php

<?php
function uploadFileContentsViaFtp(
    $sftp = false,
    $host,
    $port,
    $user,
    $password,
    $folder,
    $file_name,
    $file_contents
) {
    // Create a temporary file to store our content in
    $temp = tmpfile();
    fwrite($temp, $file_contents);
    rewind($temp);

    // Set up the target resource
    $resource = null;
    if ($sftp) {
        $resource = @ssh2_connect($host, $port);

        if (!$resource) {
            return false;
        }

        $auth_success = @ssh2_auth_password($resource, $user, $password);

        if (!$auth_success) {
            return false;
        }

        $resource = @ssh2_sftp($resource);

        if (!$resource) {
            return false;
        }
    } else {
        $resource = "${user}:${password}@${host}:${port}";
    }

    // Create the full path to the target file
    $path = ($sftp ? ssh2_sftp_realpath($resource, '.') : '') . '/' . ($folder ? $folder : '') . $file_name;
    $type = $sftp ? 'ssh2.sftp' : 'ftp';
    $full_path = "${type}://${resource}${path}";

    // Create the correct stream context
    $stream_options = array();

    if (!$sftp) {
        $stream_options['ftp'] = array('overwrite' => true);
    }

    $stream_context = stream_context_create($stream_options);

    // Open target file
    $target = @fopen($full_path, 'w', 0, $stream_context);
    // We've failed if we couldn't open the target file for writing
    if (!$target) {
        return false;
    }

    // Copy source stream to target stream
    stream_copy_to_stream($temp, $target);

    // Close open file handles, deleting the temporary file in the process
    fclose($target);
    fclose($temp);

    return true;
}