PHP Reference

ftp_delete

(PHP 3>= 3.0.13, PHP 4 , PHP 5)

ftp_delete -- Deletes a file on the FTP server

Description

bool ftp_delete ( resource ftp_stream, string path)

ftp_delete() deletes the file specified by path from the FTP server.

Example 1. ftp_delete() example

<?php $file = 'public_html/old.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); // try to delete $file if (ftp_delete($conn_id, $file)) { echo "$file deleted successful\n"; } else { echo "could not delete $file\n"; } // close the connection ftp_close($conn_id); ?>

Returns TRUE on success or FALSE on failure.