Mage_Connect_Packager::getRemoteConfig PHP Method

    public function getRemoteConfig($ftpString)
    {
        $ftpObj = new Mage_Connect_Ftp();
        $ftpObj->connect($ftpString);
        $cfgFile = "connect.cfg";
        $wd = $ftpObj->getcwd();
        $remoteConfigExists = $ftpObj->fileExists($cfgFile);
        $tempConfigFile = uniqid($cfgFile . "_temp");
        if (!$remoteConfigExists) {
            $remoteCfg = new Mage_Connect_Config($tempConfigFile);
            $remoteCfg->store();
            $ftpObj->upload($cfgFile, $tempConfigFile);
        } else {
            $ftpObj->get($tempConfigFile, $cfgFile);
            $remoteCfg = new Mage_Connect_Config($tempConfigFile);
        }
        $ftpObj->chdir($wd);
        return array($remoteCfg, $ftpObj);
    }