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.
(PHP 4 >= 4.0.3, PHP 5, PHP 7)
ftp_exec — Requests execution of a command on the FTP server
$ftp_stream
, string $command
)
Sends a SITE EXEC command request to the FTP
server.
ftp_streamThe link identifier of the FTP connection.
commandThe command to execute.
Returns TRUE if the command was successful (server sent response code:
200); otherwise returns FALSE.
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);
?>
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.