(PHP 3 >= 3.0.13, PHP 4, PHP 5)
Changes the current directory to the specified one.
ftp_stream
The link identifier of the FTP connection.
directory
The target directory.
Returns TRUE on success or FALSE on failure. If changing directory fails, PHP will also throw a warning.
Example 1. ftp_chdir() 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, $ftp_user_pass); // check connectionif ((!$conn_id) || (!$login_result)) { die("FTP connection has failed !");}echo "Current directory: " . ftp_pwd($conn_id) . "\n";// try to change the directory to somedirif (ftp_chdir($conn_id, "somedir")) { echo "Current directory is now: " . ftp_pwd($conn_id) . "\n";} else { echo "Couldn't change directory\n";}// close the connectionftp_close($conn_id);?>