Syntax:ftp_exec ($ftp_connection, $command)
Parameters:this function takes two parameters as specified above and described below:
- $ftp_connection:Required. It specifies a pre-existing FTP connection that will be used to execute FTP commands or functions.
- $command:This parameter is required. It specifies the command to be executed on the FTP server whose connection was successfully established.
Return Value:Returns True on success, or False on failure.
Notes : - This function is available for PHP 4.0.3 and newer.
- The following examples cannot be launched in the online IDE. So try running the correct ftp server name, username and password on some PHP hosting server or localhost.
Example :
// Connect to the FTP server
// Use the correct FTP server $ftp_server = "localhost" ;
// Use correct ftp username $ftp_username = "username" ;
// Use correct FTP password matching
// to the ftp username $ftp_userpass = "password" ;
// Command to execute on FTP server $command = "ls-al > test.txt " ;
// Setting up 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!" ; // Login to the established connection // ftp user password $login = ftp_login ( $ftp_connection , $ftp_username , $ftp_userpass ); if ( $login ) { // Success check login echo "
logged in successfully! " ; // ftp_exec() executes the command if (ftp_exec ( $ftp_connection , $command )) { echo "
" . $command . " has been successfully executed. " ; } else { echo "
Error while executing the command." ; } } else { echo "
login failed!" ; } // Close connection if (ftp_close ( $ftp_connection )) { echo "
Connection closed Successfully!" ; } }
?> Output:successfully connected to the ftp server! logged in successfully! ls-al > test.txt has been successfully executed. Connection closed Successfully!
Link: https://www.php.net/manual/en/function.ftp-exec.php
