PHP | ftp_exec() function
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05 Jan, 2023
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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
// 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
