# ftp_exec

(PHP 4 >= 4.0.3, PHP 5)

ftp_exec — Requests execution of a command on the FTP server

### Description

bool ftp_exec ( resource `$ftp_stream` , string `$command` )

Sends a SITE EXEC `command` request to the FTP server.

### Parameters

`ftp_stream`

  The link identifier of the FTP connection.

`command`

  The command to execute.

### Return Values

Returns `TRUE` if the command was successful (server sent response code: 200); otherwise returns `FALSE`.

### Examples

Example#1 ftp_exec() example

`<?php
// variable initialization
$command = 'ls -al >files.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, $ftp_user_pass);
// execute command
if (ftp_exec($conn_id, $command)) {
echo "$command executed successfully\n";
} else {
echo "could not execute $command\n";
}
// close the connection
ftp_close($conn_id);
?>`

### See Also

- ftp_raw()