(PHP 4, PHP 5, PHP 7, PHP 8)
ftp_chdir — Changes the current directory on a FTP server
$ftp
, string $directory
) : boolChanges the current directory to the specified one.
ftp
The link identifier of the FTP connection.
directory
The target directory.
Returns true
on success or false
on failure.
If changing directory fails, PHP will also throw a warning.
Example #1 ftp_chdir() example
<?php
// set up basic connection
$conn_id = ftp_connect($ftp_server);
// login with username and password
$login_result = ftp_login($conn_id, $ftp_user_name, $ftp_user_pass);
// check connection
if ((!$conn_id) || (!$login_result)) {
die("FTP connection has failed !");
}
echo "Current directory: " . ftp_pwd($conn_id) . "\n";
// try to change the directory to somedir
if (ftp_chdir($conn_id, "somedir")) {
echo "Current directory is now: " . ftp_pwd($conn_id) . "\n";
} else {
echo "Couldn't change directory\n";
}
// close the connection
ftp_close($conn_id);
?>