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<div id="function.ftp-exec" class="refentry">
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<h1 class="refname">ftp_exec</h1>
<p class="verinfo">(PHP 4 >= 4.0.3, PHP 5)</p><p class="refpurpose"><span class="refname">ftp_exec</span> — <span class="dc-title">Requests execution of a command on the FTP server</span></p>
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<a name="function.ftp-exec.description"></a><div class="refsect1 description">
<h3 class="title">Description</h3>
<div class="methodsynopsis dc-description">
<span class="type">bool</span> <span class="methodname"><b>ftp_exec</b></span>
( <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">resource</span> <tt class="parameter">$ftp_stream</tt></span>
, <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">string</span> <tt class="parameter">$command</tt></span>
)</div>
<p class="para rdfs-comment">
Sends a SITE EXEC <i><tt class="parameter">command</tt></i>
request to the FTP
server.
</p>
</div>
<a name="function.ftp-exec.parameters"></a><div class="refsect1 parameters">
<h3 class="title">Parameters</h3>
<p class="para">
</p><dl>
<dt class="varlistentry">
<span class="term"><i><tt class="parameter">ftp_stream</tt></i>
</span>
</dt><dd class="listitem">
<p class="para">
The link identifier of the FTP connection.
</p>
</dd>
<dt class="varlistentry">
<span class="term"><i><tt class="parameter">command</tt></i>
</span>
</dt><dd class="listitem">
<p class="para">
The command to execute.
</p>
</dd>
</dl>
<p>
</p>
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<a name="function.ftp-exec.returnvalues"></a><div class="refsect1 returnvalues">
<h3 class="title">Return Values</h3>
<p class="para">
Returns <b><tt class="constant">TRUE</tt></b> if the command was successful (server sent response code:
<i>200</i>); otherwise returns <b><tt class="constant">FALSE</tt></b>.
</p>
</div>
<a name="function.ftp-exec.examples"></a><div class="refsect1 examples">
<h3 class="title">Examples</h3>
<p class="para">
</p><div class="example">
<p><b>Example #1 <b>ftp_exec()</b> example</b></p>
<div class="example-contents programlisting">
<div class="phpcode"><code><span style="color: #000000">
<span style="color: #0000BB"><?php<br /><br /></span><span style="color: #FF8000">// variable initialization<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">$command </span><span style="color: #007700">= </span><span style="color: #DD0000">'ls -al >files.txt'</span><span style="color: #007700">;<br /><br /></span><span style="color: #FF8000">// set up basic connection<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">$conn_id </span><span style="color: #007700">= </span><span style="color: #0000BB">ftp_connect</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$ftp_server</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /><br /></span><span style="color: #FF8000">// login with username and password<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">$login_result </span><span style="color: #007700">= </span><span style="color: #0000BB">ftp_login</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$conn_id</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$ftp_user_name</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$ftp_user_pass</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /><br /></span><span style="color: #FF8000">// execute command<br /></span><span style="color: #007700">if (</span><span style="color: #0000BB">ftp_exec</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$conn_id</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$command</span><span style="color: #007700">)) {<br /> echo </span><span style="color: #DD0000">"</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$command</span><span style="color: #DD0000"> executed successfully\n"</span><span style="color: #007700">;<br />} else {<br /> echo </span><span style="color: #DD0000">"could not execute </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$command</span><span style="color: #DD0000">\n"</span><span style="color: #007700">;<br />}<br /><br /></span><span style="color: #FF8000">// close the connection<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">ftp_close</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$conn_id</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /><br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">?></span>
</span>
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</p>
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<a name="function.ftp-exec.seealso"></a><div class="refsect1 seealso">
<h3 class="title">See Also</h3>
<p class="para">
</p><ul class="simplelist">
<li class="member"><a href="function.ftp-raw.php" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">ftp_raw()</a> - Sends an arbitrary command to an FTP server</li>
</ul><p>
</p>
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