ftp_exec

(PHP 4 >= 4.0.3)

ftp_exec -- Requests execution of a program on the FTP server

Description

bool ftp_exec ( resource ftp_stream, string command)

Sends a SITE EXEC command request to the FTP server. Returns TRUE if the command was successful (server sent response code: 200); otherwise returns FALSE.

Example 1. ftp_exec() example

<?php

$command = 'ls -al';

$conn_id = ftp_connect($ftp_server);

$login_result = ftp_login($conn_id, $ftp_user_name, $ftp_user_pass);

if($res = ftp_exec($conn_id, $command)) {
    echo "$command executed successfully<br />\n";
    echo nl2br($res);
} else {
    echo 'could not execute ' . $command;
}

?>

See also ftp_raw().