Question : PHP file pull

I have to code function to down load text file from Ftp server if file name contains today's date for e.g. Monthly_ABCDE_07032010063507.txt; the string in front will always be Monthly_ABCDE_ this or something similar and the today's date and  then some numbers, I have to check all the files and only copy the files from today's date and put on local server and then process it. I have ftp credential and I have pushed the file there but I do not know how to copy from there to local.

Answer : PHP file pull

More specifically, you need:
http://uk3.php.net/manual/en/function.ftp-connect.php (to connect to the server)
http://uk3.php.net/manual/en/function.ftp-nlist.php (to get a list of files)
http://uk3.php.net/manual/en/function.ftp-get.php (to retrieve a file)