ftp_exec

(PHP 4 >= 4.0.3, PHP 5, PHP 7, PHP 8)

ftp_execRequests execution of a command on the FTP server

Description

ftp_exec ( resource $ftp , string $command ) : bool

Sends a SITE EXEC command request to the FTP server.

Parameters

ftp

The link identifier of the FTP connection.

command

The command to execute.

Return Values

Returns true if the command was successful (server sent response code: 200); otherwise returns false.

Examples

Example #1 ftp_exec() example

<?php

// variable initialization
$command 'ls -al >files.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);

// execute command
if (ftp_exec($conn_id$command)) {
    echo 
"$command executed successfully\n";
} else {
    echo 
"could not execute $command\n";
}

// close the connection
ftp_close($conn_id);

?>

See Also

  • ftp_raw() - Sends an arbitrary command to an FTP server