ftp_exec
Requests execution of a command on the FTP server
Description
bool ftp_exec(FTP\Connection $ftp
, string $command
)
Parameters
-
ftp
-
An FTP\Connection instance.
-
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
$ftp = ftp_connect($ftp_server);
// login with username and password
$login_result = ftp_login($ftp, $ftp_user_name, $ftp_user_pass);
// execute command
if (ftp_exec($ftp, $command)) {
echo "$command executed successfully\n";
} else {
echo "could not execute $command\n";
}
// close the connection
ftp_close($ftp);
?>