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# ftp_exec

(PHP 4 >= 4.0.3, PHP 5)

ftp_exec -- Requests execution of a program on the FTP server

## Description

bool ftp_exec ( resource ftp_stream, string command)

Sends a SITE EXEC `command` request to the FTP server. Returns `TRUE` if the command was successful (server sent response code: `200`); otherwise returns `FALSE`.

Example 1. ftp_exec() example
`<?php $command = 'ls -al'; $conn_id = ftp_connect($ftp_server); $login_result = ftp_login($conn_id, $ftp_user_name, $ftp_user_pass); if ($res = ftp_exec($conn_id, $command)) { echo "$command executed successfully<br />\n"; echo nl2br($res); } else { echo 'could not execute ' . $command; } ?>`

See also ftp_raw().

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