You can make a script delete itself with ftp_delete!
It's pretty useful when creating an install script which you want to destroy at the end of the installation to prevent it from being run later.
On Linux machines, very often the user uploads third party scripts, and gets asked to CHMOD this and delete that manually because the webserver user is different from the FTP user ; make them enter their FTP info and get rid of the tedious file manipulation step!
Be careful, though. You will need to flush the output buffer and call ftp_delete at the end of the script, or else the script will die before it fully executes. Look up ob_end_flush for more info.
ftp_delete
(PHP 4, PHP 5)
ftp_delete — Exclui um arquivo no servidor FTP
Descrição
bool ftp_delete
( resource
$ftp_stream
, string $path
)
ftp_delete() apaga o arquivo especificado por
path no servidor FTP.
Parâmetros
-
ftp_stream -
O identificador da conexão FTP.
-
path -
O arquivo para excluir.
Valor Retornado
Retorna TRUE em caso de sucesso ou FALSE em caso de falha.
Exemplos
Exemplo #1 Exemplo ftp_delete()
<?php
$file = 'public_html/old.txt';
// Define a conexão básica
$conn_id = ftp_connect($ftp_server);
// login com nome de usuário e senha
$login_result = ftp_login($conn_id, $ftp_user_name, $ftp_user_pass);
// tenta excluir $file
if (ftp_delete($conn_id, $file)) {
echo "O arquivo $file foi excluído\n";
} else {
echo "não foi possível excluir $file\n";
}
// fecha a conexão
ftp_close($conn_id);
?>
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you can delete a file with a normal unlink function in the php api
