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PHP ActiveX

Change Current Directory

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To change the current remote directory, call ChangeRemoteDir.

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PHP ActiveX
<?php

$success = 0;

// This example requires the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
// See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

$ftp = new COM("Chilkat.Ftp2");

$ftp->Hostname = 'ftp.example.com';
$ftp->Username = 'login';
$ftp->Password = 'password';

// Connect and login to the FTP server.
$success = $ftp->Connect();
if ($success != 1) {
    print $ftp->LastErrorText . "\n";
    exit;
}

// Set the current directory (on the FTP server) to the
// "orders" subdirectory.  When logging into an FTP account,
// current remote directory is automatically set to the
// home directory of the FTP account.  From the FTP client's
// perspective, it will be "/", but the absolute path on the
// FTP server might be something like "/home/ftp_users/".
$success = $ftp->ChangeRemoteDir('orders');
if ($success != 1) {
    print $ftp->LastErrorText . "\n";
    exit;
}

$success = $ftp->Disconnect();

?>