ftp_delete

(PHP 4, PHP 5, PHP 7, PHP 8)

ftp_deleteDeletes a file on the FTP server

Description

ftp_delete ( resource $ftp , string $filename ) : bool

ftp_delete() deletes the file specified by filename from the FTP server.

Parameters

ftp

The link identifier of the FTP connection.

filename

The file to delete.

Return Values

Returns true on success or false on failure.

Examples

Example #1 ftp_delete() example

<?php
$file 
'public_html/old.txt';

// 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);

// try to delete $file
if (ftp_delete($conn_id$file)) {
 echo 
"$file deleted successful\n";
} else {
 echo 
"could not delete $file\n";
}

// close the connection
ftp_close($conn_id);
?>