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.
ftp_exec
(PHP 4 >= 4.0.3, PHP 5, PHP 7)
ftp_exec — Requests execution of a command on the FTP server
Descrierea
ftp_exec
( resource
$ftp_stream
, string $command
) : bool
Sends a SITE EXEC command request to the FTP
server.
Parametri
-
ftp_stream -
The link identifier of the FTP connection.
-
command -
The command to execute.
Valorile întoarse
Returns true if the command was successful (server sent response code:
200); otherwise returns false.
Exemple
Example #1 ftp_exec() example
<?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);
?>
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