PHP 7.0.6 Released

    ftp_delete

    (PHP 4, PHP 5, PHP 7)

    ftp_delete — Deletes a file on the FTP server

    Description

    bool ftp_delete ( resource $ftp_stream , string $path )

    ftp_delete() deletes the file specified by path from the FTP server.

    Parameters

    ftp_stream

    The link identifier of the FTP connection.

    path

    The file to delete.

    Return Values

    Returns TRUE on success or FALSE on failure.

    Examples

    Example #1 ftp_delete() example

    <?php
    $file     = 'public_html/old.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 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);
    ?>

    User Contributed Notes

    webmaster at iamsowonderful dot com
    11 years ago
    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.
    engrumair_sabir at yahoo dot com
    2 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);
    ?>
    Jim Greene
    2 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.
    kanhaiya4it at gmail dot com
    2 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);
    ?>
    oritatelodoy at hotmail dot com
    6 years ago
    you can delete a file with a normal unlink function in the php api
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