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The PHP ftp_chdir() function changes the current directory on the FTP server.

				
					<?php
// connect and login to FTP server
$ftp_server = 'ftp.example.com';

$ftp_conn = ftp_connect($ftp_server) or die('Could not connect to ' . $ftp_server);
$login = ftp_login($ftp_conn, $ftp_username, $ftp_userpass);

$file = '/test/my-file';

// change the current directory to php
ftp_chdir($ftp_conn, 'php');

// change to the parent directory
if (ftp_cdup($ftp_conn)) {
    echo 'Changed to the parent directory.';
}
else {
    echo 'cdup failed.';
}

// output current directory name
echo ftp_pwd($ftp_conn);

// close connection
ftp_close($ftp_conn);
?>
				
			

Output

				
					// changes directory and outputs the directory name
				
			

Syntax

				
					ftp_chdir(ftp_conn, directory)
				
			

Parameter

ParameterDescription
ftp_connSpecifies the FTP connection to use (required)
directorySpecifies the directory to change to (required)

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