Php/docs/function.ftp-chdir
ftp_chdir
(PHP 4, PHP 5, PHP 7)
ftp_chdir — Changes the current directory on a FTP server
Description
ftp_chdir
( resource $ftp_stream
, string $directory
) : bool
Changes the current directory to the specified one.
Parameters
ftp_stream
- The link identifier of the FTP connection.
directory
- The target directory.
Return Values
Returns TRUE
on success or FALSE
on failure.
If changing directory fails, PHP will also throw a warning.
Examples
Example #1 ftp_chdir() example
<?php// set up basic connection$conn_id = ftp_connect($ftp_server); // login with username and password$login_result = ftp_login($conn_id, $ftp_user_name, $ftp_user_pass); // check connectionif ((!$conn_id) || (!$login_result)) { die("FTP connection has failed !");}echo "Current directory: " . ftp_pwd($conn_id) . "\n";// try to change the directory to somedirif (ftp_chdir($conn_id, "somedir")) { echo "Current directory is now: " . ftp_pwd($conn_id) . "\n";} else { echo "Couldn't change directory\n";}// close the connectionftp_close($conn_id);?>
See Also
- ftp_cdup() - Changes to the parent directory
- ftp_pwd() - Returns the current directory name