I know this, the problem is is that I strictly have FTP access to the server. I was assigned this job, after a developer took it and left(without leaving a note, and failing to respond to any attempts at communication). So I am being forced to recover the password through FTP in a php script. :\
Any help would be greatly appreciated.

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It's not an issue, simply wanting to explore around with them, I fully understand that. It's a local site . For clarification, I'm not an idiot, just wanting to see if possible. Simply put, it would amuse me to see how.

In other words:
I just wanna see it done.

Made me laugh.
Thanks!

I would like to say that, the majority of these are likely biased. I will say for more enterprise applications I use .Net since it is very simple and clear, otherwise for smaller contracts I use Java since it is good for getting the job done. I think companies lately, are preferring .Net specifically C# programmers since Visual Studio is easily setup and you can rapidly develop applications in a very easy, professional IDE, whereas Java can make very user friendly applications, requiring more thinking as opposed to coding(if you do it right, in my opinion).

I will admit I prefer .NET to Java but that's how I was taught so, either way, I would recommend a coin flip to decide.