PHP ftp_delete( ) Function

Last Updated : 17 Mar 2025

The ftp_delete() function is used to delete a file on the FTP server.This function was introduced in PHP 4.

Syntax:

Parameter	Description	Is compulsory
ftp_connection	The link identifier of the FTP connection.	compulsory
file_name	The file to delete.	compulsory

Returns

The ftp_delete( ) function returns true on success or false on failure.

Example 1

<?php
$file = 'public_html/ajay.txt';
// 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);
// try to delete $file
if (ftp_delete($conn_id, $file)) 
{
echo "$file deleted successful\n";
} 
else
{
echo "could not delete $file\n";
}
// close the connection
ftp_close($conn_id);
?>

Explanation

In the above example, we are deleting one file from a specific location which is available in FTP server.

Example 2

<?php
$ftp_server="195.201.10.8";
$ftp_user_name="xyz123";
$ftp_user_pass="xyz123";
$file = 'C:/ds/mn123.txt';
// 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);
// try to delete $file
if (ftp_delete($conn_id, $file)) 
{
echo $file."deleted successful\n";
}
	else
{
echo "could not delete".$file;
}
// close the connection
ftp_close($conn_id);
?>

Explanation

In the above example, if the file is deleted, its echo deleted successful, if not, then it echo could not delete.

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