(PHP 4 >= 4.0.3, PHP 5)
ftp_exec — Requests execution of a command on the FTP server
Sends a SITE EXEC command request to the FTP server.
The link identifier of the FTP connection.
The command to execute.
Returns TRUE if the command was successful (server sent response code: 200); otherwise returns FALSE.
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);
?>