I just wrote a PHP Script which should connect to FTP and delete all files in a special folder.
It looks like this, but I have no clue what command I need to delete all files in the folder logs.
Any idea?
<?php
// set up the settings
$ftp_server = 'something.net';
$ftpuser = 'username';
$ftppass = 'pass';
// set up basic connection
$conn_id = ftp_connect($ftp_server);
// login with username and password
$login_result = ftp_login($conn_id, $ftpuser, $ftppass);
// delete all files in the folder logs
????????
// close the connection
ftp_close($conn_id);
?>
// Delete all files in the folder logs
$logs_dir = "";
ftp_chdir($conn_id, $logs_dir);
$files = ftp_nlist($conn_id, ".");
foreach ($files as $file)
{
ftp_delete($conn_id, $file);
}
You might want to do some checking for directories, but at a basic level, that is it.
The PHP manual on the FTP functions has the answers.
ftp_nlist()
to list
ftp_delete()
to delete
the user contributed notes give full examples for a "delete folder" function. (Handle with care.)
<?php
# server credentials
$host = "ftp server";
$user = "username";
$pass = "password";
# connect to ftp server
$handle = @ftp_connect($host) or die("Could not connect to {$host}");
# login using credentials
@ftp_login($handle, $user, $pass) or die("Could not login to {$host}");
function recursiveDelete($directory)
{
# here we attempt to delete the file/directory
if( !(@ftp_rmdir($handle, $directory) || @ftp_delete($handle, $directory)) )
{
# if the attempt to delete fails, get the file listing
$filelist = @ftp_nlist($handle, $directory);
# loop through the file list and recursively delete the FILE in the list
foreach($filelist as $file)
{
recursiveDelete($file);
}
#if the file list is empty, delete the DIRECTORY we passed
recursiveDelete($directory);
}
}
?>