PHP Manual: 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.

Parameters

ftp_stream: The link identifier of the FTP connection.
path: The file to delete.

Return Values

Returns TRUE on success or FALSE on failure.

Examples

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);
?>