Send a request to execute a command on the FTP server.
<?php // connect and login to FTP server $ftp_server = “ftp.example.com”; $ftp_conn = ftp_connect($ftp_server) or die(“Could not connect to $ftp_server”); $login = ftp_login($ftp_conn, $ftp_username, $ftp_userpass); $command = “ls-al > somefile.txt”; // execute command if (ftp_exec($ftp_conn,$command)) { echo “$command executed successfully.”; } else { echo “Execution of $command failed.”; } // close connection ftp_close($ftp_conn); ?> |
The ftp_exec() function sends a request to execute a command on the FTP server.
ftp_exec(ftp_conn, command); |
Parameter |
Description |
ftp_conn |
Mandatory. Specifies the FTP connection to use. |
command |
Mandatory. Specifies the command to execute. |
Return Value: |
Returns |
PHP Version: |
4.0.3+ |