Connect and Handle Files in FTP Server using PHP

It is important for any web developers for upload files to server using FTP. We know there are plenty of FTP clients available in market like filezilla, cute ftp etc . PHP also provide lots of functions to handle files on FTP server . In this below PHP tutorial we will guide you how to use PHP scripts to handle files in FTP server .

Connect and Login to the FTP Server

First of all we have to connect to ftp server using a PHP function i.e ftp_connect() . After connection we have to login to ftp server using ftp_login() function providing username and password . Find below it's code .

Upload File to the FTP Server

Now time to upload files to the server. We have to use function ftp_put() to do so.

Download File from the FTP Server

Most of the time , we have requirement to download files from the server. For this we have to use PHP function ftp_get() .

Delete File on the FTP Server

Finally let's do to delete file from the server . PHP has a function to do this task i.e ftp_delete() .