You can make a script delete itself with ftp_delete!
It's pretty useful when creating an install script which you want to destroy at the end of the installation to prevent it from being run later.
On Linux machines, very often the user uploads third party scripts, and gets asked to CHMOD this and delete that manually because the webserver user is different from the FTP user ; make them enter their FTP info and get rid of the tedious file manipulation step!
Be careful, though. You will need to flush the output buffer and call ftp_delete at the end of the script, or else the script will die before it fully executes. Look up ob_end_flush for more info.
ftp_delete
(PHP 4, PHP 5, PHP 7, PHP 8)
ftp_delete — 删除 FTP 服务器上的文件
说明
ftp_delete() 函数用来删除 FTP 服务器上的由参数 filename 指定的的文件。
返回值
成功时返回 true， 或者在失败时返回 false。
更新日志
| 版本 | 说明 |
|---|---|
| 8.1.0 |
现在 ftp 参数接受 FTP\Connection
实例，之前接受 resource。
|
示例
示例 #1 ftp_delete() 示例
<?php
$file = 'public_html/old.txt';
// set up basic connection
$ftp = ftp_connect($ftp_server);
// login with username and password
$login_result = ftp_login($ftp, $ftp_user_name, $ftp_user_pass);
// try to delete $file
if (ftp_delete($ftp, $file)) {
echo "$file deleted successful\n";
} else {
echo "could not delete $file\n";
}
// close the connection
ftp_close($ftp);
?>
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webmaster at iamsowonderful dot com ¶
19 years ago
engrumair_sabir at yahoo dot com ¶
10 years ago
if you want to upload the file on server and thn do delete it.. this script works well
<?php
// connect and login data
$web = '111.111.111.111';
$user = '123abc';
$pass = 'abc123';
// file location
$server_file = '/public_html/upload/test.csv';
$local_file = 'test.csv';
//connect
$conn_id = ftp_connect($web);
$login_result = ftp_login($conn_id,$user,$pass);
//uploading
if (ftp_put($conn_id, $server_file, $local_file, FTP_BINARY))
{echo "Success \n";}
else {echo "Failed";}
// try to delete $file
if (ftp_delete($conn_id, $server_file)) {
echo "$server_file deleted successful\n";
} else {
echo "could not delete $server_file\n";
}
// close the connection
ftp_close($conn_id);
?>
kanhaiya4it at gmail dot com ¶
10 years ago
This works perfectly!
<?php
$file = 'public_html/plentyport.com/jobs/employee/resumes/4216:54:38Resume (1).docx';
$ftp_server="your server address";
// set up basic connection
$conn_id = ftp_connect($ftp_server);
$ftp_user_name="your user server name";
$ftp_user_pass="your server password";
// login with username and password
$login_result = ftp_login($conn_id, $ftp_user_name, $ftp_user_pass);
// try to delete $file
if (ftp_delete($conn_id, $file)) {
echo "$file deleted successful\n";
} else {
echo "could not delete $file\n";
}
// close the connection
ftp_close($conn_id);
?>
Jim Greene ¶
11 years ago
Generally speaking, unlink will work just fine for most applications, however, if you are using multiple servers, you're going to have to connect to the other server using FTP.
