ftp_rename

Renames a file or a directory on the FTP server (PHP 4, PHP 5)
bool ftp_rename ( resource ftp_stream, string oldname, string newname )

Example 745. ftp_rename() example

<?php

$old_file = 'somefile.txt.bak';
$new_file = 'somefile.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);

// try to rename $old_file to $new_file
if (ftp_rename($conn_id, $old_file, $new_file)) {

 echo "successfully renamed $old_file to $new_file\n";

} else {

 echo "There was a problem while renaming $old_file to $new_file\n";

}

// close the connection
ftp_close($conn_id);
?>

Code Examples / Notes » ftp_rename

Using "ftp_rename" to move files to other directories on server ftp .. ... if(ftp_rename($conn_ftp, $xfiles[$i], "./dirx/".$xfiles[$i])) { echo "File $xfiles[$i] moved to ./dirx"; } else { echo "ERROR!!!. The file could not be moved"; } ... .. #-->>h2m, bye

to rename the file or folder you should use ftp_chdir to select the current directory on ftp server or you should write the full path to file in old name and in new name Ex. 1 <?php // open the folder that have the file ftp_chdir($conn_id, '/www/ftp-filemanager/'); // rename the file ftp_rename($conn_id, 'file1.jpg', 'new_name_4_file.jpg'); ?> or write full path Ex. 2 <? // rename the file ftp_rename($conn_id, '/www/ftp-filemanager/file1.jpg', '/www/ftp-filemanager/new_name_4_file.jpg'); ?>

This function isn't only able to rename files, but also folders. And it is not only able to rename them, but also move them, and, in the case of folders, their contents as well (so folders don't have to be empty to move). For example: <?php ftp_rename($conn_id, "./dir1/dir2/", "./dir3/"); ?> Now the folder dir2 (which prevously was in folder dir1) has moved to the same folder as dir1, and it has kept its original contents (the content just moved along).

# Simple example for ftp_rename # Warning! Not tested... $server = 'ftp.somewhere.com'; $user = 'anonymous'; $pass = 'someone@somewhere.com'; $original_name = 'file_name.txt'; $new_name = 'new_file_name.txt'; $ftp_connect = ftp_connect ($server) or die ("Could not connect to $server"); $ftp = ftp_login ($ftp_connect, $user, $pass) or die ("Authentication failed"); $rename = ftp_rename ($ftp_connect, $original_name, $new_name); if ($rename) print "$original_name renamed to $new_name."; else print "$original_name could not be renamed..."; ftp_quit ($ftp_connect);

ftp_rename

Renames a file or a directory on the FTP server (PHP 4, PHP 5) bool ftp_rename ( resource ftp_stream, string oldname, string newname )

Example 745. ftp_rename() example

Code Examples / Notes » ftp_rename

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Renames a file or a directory on the FTP server (PHP 4, PHP 5)
bool ftp_rename ( resource ftp_stream, string oldname, string newname )