Php read file from ftp server

I have two servers. I already have a .txt file in the one I'm connecting to.

I need to get the .txt file contents and put them into a $ variable. Here is my code that doesn't work:

$ftp_server = $_POST["site"];
$path = $_POST["path"];
$ftp_user_name = $_POST["username"];
$ftp_user_pass = $_POST["pass"];

// set up basic connection
$conn_id = ftp_connect($ftp_server);

// login with username and password
$login_result = ftp_login($conn_id, $ftp_user_name, $ftp_user_pass);

$remote_filename =
    "/" . $_POST["path"] . "/" . "#" . $result["id"]
    . " - " .    $result["LastName"] . ", " . $result["FirstName"]
    . "/" . $_POST["title"] . ".txt";
ftp_get($conn_id, $content, $remote_filename, FTP_ASCII);

This code connects to the FTP and I used the ftp_get to copy from one text file to a variable called $content. I know a variable doesn't belong in this parameter, but I'm sold right now. I have no idea how to read this .txt file.

Is there a way to do this with the PHP FTP functions?

Now, when I try this:

$fileContents = file_get_contents('ftp://username:pa‌​ssword@hostname/path/to/file');

It gives an error:

Warning: fopen(ftp:///101Notebook Backup: 22-08-2013/#11 - Cappucci, Ryan/queen.txt) [function.fopen]: failed to open stream: FTP server reports 550 /101Notebook Backup: 22-08-2013/: not a regular file in /home/content/34/11614434/html/adminpdo.php on line 269

Why am I getting this error?

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