ftp_delete() function in PHP

The ftp_delete() function is used to delete a file on the FTP server.

Syntax

ftp_delete(con,myfile);

Parameters

• con − The FTP connection

• myfile − The file to be deleted

Return

The ftp_delete() function returns TRUE on success or FALSE on failure

Example

The following is an example to delete a file −

<?php
   $ftp_server="192.168.0.4";
   $ftp_user="amit";
   $ftp_pass="tywg61gh";
   $con = ftp_connect($ftp_server) or die("Could not connect to $ftp_server");
   $myfile = "E:/new/demo.txt";
   if (ftp_delete($con, $myfile)) {
      echo "The file deleted!";
   } else {
      echo "The file cannot be deleted!";
   }
   ftp_close($con);
?>