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ftp_pwd

(PHP 4, PHP 5)

ftp_pwdReturns the current directory name

Description

string ftp_pwd ( resource $ftp_stream )

Parameters

ftp_stream

The link identifier of the FTP connection.

Return Values

Returns the current directory name or FALSE on error.

Examples

Example #1 ftp_pwd() example

<?php

// set up basic connection
$conn_id ftp_connect($ftp_server);

// login with username and password
$login_result ftp_login($conn_id$ftp_user_name$ftp_user_pass);

// change directory to public_html
ftp_chdir($conn_id'public_html');

// print current directory
echo ftp_pwd($conn_id); // /public_html

// close the connection
ftp_close($conn_id);
?>

See Also

  • ftp_chdir() - Changes the current directory on a FTP server
  • ftp_cdup() - Changes to the parent directory



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mike dot hall at opencube dot co dot uk
12 years ago
This function doesn't always go to the remote server for the PWD. Once called the PWD is cached, and until PHP has a reason to believe the directory has changed any call to ftp_pwd() will return from the cache, even if the remote server has gone away.

 
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