It retrieves various runtime behaviours of the current FTP stream
Example
<?php
$ftpId = ftp_connect(‘ftp.phpcodez.com’);
$login_result = ftp_login($ftpId, ‘anonymous’, ‘user@phpcodez.com’);
$disconnect = ftp_get_option($ftpId, FTP_TIMEOUT_SEC);
ftp_close($ftpId);
?>