ftp_rmdir

(PHP 4, PHP 5, PHP 7, PHP 8)

ftp_rmdir — Removes a directory

Description

ftp_rmdir(FTP\Connection $ftp, string $directory): bool

Removes the specified directory on the FTP server.

Parameters

ftp: An FTP\Connection instance.
directory: The directory to delete. This must be either an absolute or relative path to an empty directory.

Return Values

Returns true on success or false on failure.

Changelog

Version	Description
8.1.0	The `ftp` parameter expects an FTP\Connection instance now; previously, a resource was expected.

Examples

Example #1 ftp_rmdir() example

<?php

$dir = 'www/';

// set up basic connection
$ftp = ftp_connect($ftp_server);

// login with username and password
$login_result = ftp_login($ftp, $ftp_user_name, $ftp_user_pass);

// try to delete the directory $dir
if (ftp_rmdir($ftp, $dir)) {
    echo "Successfully deleted $dir\n";
} else {
    echo "There was a problem while deleting $dir\n";
}

ftp_close($ftp);

?>

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johan dot kerreneur at gmail dot com ¶

4 years ago

ftp_rmdir() delete only empty folders...

if you want to delete the entire contents of a folder try its.

Exemple...

<?php
$ftp_server = "YourIP";
$ftp_user_name = "YourUsername";
$ftp_user_pass = "YourPassword";

// Connection
echo "Connecting to $ftp_server";
$conn_id = ftp_connect($ftp_server);
$login_result = ftp_login($conn_id, $ftp_user_name, $ftp_user_pass);

//Enable PASV ( Note: must be done after ftp_login() )
ftp_pasv($conn_id, true);

// check connection
if((!$conn_id) || (!$login_result)){
    die("FTP connection has failed !");
}
echo "<br/>Login Ok.";

// Function to delete an entire folder
function ftp_rrmdir($conn_id, $directory){
    $lists = ftp_mlsd($conn_id, $directory);
    unset($lists[0]);
    unset($lists[1]);

    foreach($lists as $list){
        $full = $directory . '/' . $list['name'];

        if($list['type'] == 'dir'){
            ftp_rrmdir($conn_id, $full);
        }else{
            ftp_delete($conn_id, $full);
        }
    }

    ftp_rmdir($conn_id, $directory);
    return true;
}

//Now run ftp_rrmdir()
if(ftp_rrmdir($conn_id, 'YOUR/PATH/')){
    echo = "Folder deleted !";
}

//close
ftp_close($conn_id);

?>