ftp_exec

Requests execution of a command on the FTP server (PHP 4 >= 4.0.3, PHP 5)
bool ftp_exec ( resource ftp_stream, string command )

Example 723. ftp_exec() example

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<?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);

?>

Code Examples / Notes » ftp_exec

chris dot pittman

I've been using the php ftp functions pretty extensively at work. We've recently discovered that some of the ftp servers we connect to, paticularly in Europe, are using extended passive mode. On a server using extended passive mode the php ftp functions will timeout. For those of you who encounter this, the solution is to send the command: ftp_exec (conn_id, 'epsv4 off' ); Do this immediately after ftp_login and you should be fine.

sam

A word of caution, execution via FTP isn't very widely supported. Check that it works on the servers that you intend to connect to before you start coding something that requires this.

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ftp_exec

Requests execution of a command on the FTP server (PHP 4 >= 4.0.3, PHP 5) bool ftp_exec ( resource ftp_stream, string command )

Example 723. ftp_exec() example

Code Examples / Notes » ftp_exec

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Requests execution of a command on the FTP server (PHP 4 >= 4.0.3, PHP 5)
bool ftp_exec ( resource ftp_stream, string command )