PHP | ftp_exec() function

The ftp_exec() function is an inbuilt function in PHP which 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 name, user 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!"; 
    } 
      
    // Closeing  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

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