ftp_exec

(PHP 4 >= 4.0.3, PHP 5)

ftp_execRequests execution of a command on the FTP server

Description

bool ftp_exec ( resource $ftp_stream , string $command )

Sends a SITE EXEC command request to the FTP server.

Parameters

ftp_stream

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