PHP ftp_rmdir() Function
The PHP ftp_rmdir() function removes the specified directory on the FTP server. This function returns true on success or false on failure.
Syntax
ftp_rmdir(ftp, directory)
Parameters
ftp |
Required. Specify the FTP connection to use. |
directory |
Required. Specify the directory to delete. This must be either an absolute or relative path to an empty directory. |
Return Value
Returns true on success or false on failure.
Example:
The example below shows the usage of ftp_rmdir() function.
<?php //FTP server to use $ftp_server = "ftp.example.com"; //username for the FTP Connection $ftp_user = "user"; //password for the user $ftp_pass = "password"; //set up a connection or die $ftp = ftp_connect($ftp_server) or die("Could not connect to $ftp_server"); if($ftp) { echo "Successfully connected to $ftp_server!\n"; //trying to login if(@ftp_login($ftp, $ftp_user, $ftp_pass)) { echo "Connected as $ftp_user@$ftp_server\n"; $dir = "images/"; //trying to delete the $dir directory if (ftp_rmdir($ftp, $dir)) { echo "Successfully deleted $dir directory\n"; } else { echo "Error while deleting $dir\n"; } } else { echo "Couldn't connect as $ftp_user\n"; } //close the connection if(ftp_close($ftp)) { echo "Connection closed successfully!\n"; } } ?>
The output of the above code will be:
Successfully connected to ftp.example.com! Connected as user@ftp.example.com Successfully deleted images/ directory Connection closed successfully!
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