PHP Reference

Description

bool ftp_chdir ( resource ftp_stream, string directory)

Changes the current directory to the specified directory.

Returns TRUE on success or FALSE on failure. If changing directory fails, PHP will also throw a warning.

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 connection

if ((!$conn_id) || (!$login_result)) {

    die("FTP connection has failed !");

}



echo "Current directory: " . ftp_pwd($conn_id) . "\n";



// try to change the directory to somedir

if (ftp_chdir($conn_id, "somedir")) {

    echo "Current directory is now: " . ftp_pwd($conn_id) . "\n";

} else { 

    echo "Couldn't change directory\n";

}



// close the connection

ftp_close($conn_id);

?>