PHP | ftp_exec() function
The ftp_exec() function is an inbuilt function in PHP that is used to execute a command on the FTP server.
Syntax:
ftp_exec( $ftp_connection, $command )
Parameters: This function accepts two parameters as mentioned above and described below:
- $ftp_connection: It is required parameter. It specifies the already existing FTP connection to use for execution of FTP commands or functions.
- $command: It is required parameter. It specifies the command to be executed on the FTP server whose connection has been established successfully.
Return Value: It returns True on success or False on failure.
Note:
- This function is available for PHP 4.0.3 and newer version.
- The following examples cannot be run on online IDE. So try to run in some PHP hosting server or localhost with proper ftp server , username and password.
Example:
PHP
<?php// Connect to FTP server// Use a correct ftp server$ftp_server = "localhost";// Use correct ftp username$ftp_username="username";// Use correct ftp password corresponding// to the ftp username$ftp_userpass="password";// Command to be executed on FTP server$command="ls-al > test.txt"; // Establishing ftp connection $ftp_connection = ftp_connect($ftp_server) or die("Could not connect to $ftp_server");if( $ftp_connection ) { echo "successfully connected to the ftp server!"; // Logging in to established connection with // ftp username password $login = ftp_login($ftp_connection, $ftp_username, $ftp_userpass); if( $login ) { // Checking whether logged in successfully or not echo "<br>logged in successfully!"; // ftp_exec() executes the command if (ftp_exec($ftp_connection, $command)) { echo "<br>".$command." has been successfully executed."; } else { echo "<br>Error while executing the command ."; } } else { echo "<br>login failed!"; } // Closing connection if(ftp_close($ftp_connection)) { echo "<br>Connection closed Successfully!"; } }?> |
Output:
successfully connected to the ftp server! logged in successfully! ls-al > test.txt has been successfully executed. Connection closed Successfully!
Reference: https://www.php.net/manual/en/function.ftp-exec.php
