Drupal: FTP the output of a View

drupal-view-ftp.php

<?php
function _my_export_view_via_ftp($nid) {
  $out = 'FTP ERROR'; // assume the worst

  // example view/display/ftp info/filename
  $view_name = 'feeds';
  $display_id = 'views_display_name';
  $host = 'ftp.mydomain.com'; $user = 'myftpuser'; $pass = 'myftppass';
  $filename = "node{$nid}.xml";

  // get the output of the view/display
  $view = views_get_view($view_name);
  $output = $view->preview($display_id, array($nid));

  // write out to /tmp
  $fp = tmpfile();
  fwrite($fp, $output);

  // connect to the ftp server
  $ftp = ftp_connect($host);
  if ($ftp && ftp_login($ftp, $user, $pass)) {
    fseek($fp, 0); // remember to rewind!
    ftp_pasv($ftp, TRUE);
    if (ftp_fput($ftp, $filename, $fp, FTP_BINARY)) {
      $out = 'FTP COMPLETE';
    }
  }

  return $out; // e.g., the output for a page callback
}
?>