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this headline">¶</a></h1> <p>CodeIgniter’s FTP Class permits files to be transferred to a remote server. Remote files can also be moved, renamed, and deleted. The FTP class also includes a “mirroring” function that permits an entire local directory to be recreated remotely via FTP.</p> <div class="admonition note"> <p class="first admonition-title">Note</p> <p class="last">SFTP and SSL FTP protocols are not supported, only standard FTP.</p> </div> <div class="contents local topic" id="contents"> <ul class="simple"> <li><a class="reference internal" href="#working-with-the-ftp-class" id="id1">Working with the FTP Class</a><ul> <li><a class="reference internal" href="#initializing-the-class" id="id2">Initializing the Class</a></li> <li><a class="reference internal" href="#usage-examples" id="id3">Usage Examples</a></li> </ul> </li> <li><a class="reference internal" href="#class-reference" id="id4">Class Reference</a></li> </ul> </div> <div class="custom-index container"></div><div class="section" id="working-with-the-ftp-class"> <h2><a class="toc-backref" href="#id1">Working with the FTP Class</a><a class="headerlink" href="#working-with-the-ftp-class" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2> <div class="section" id="initializing-the-class"> <h3><a class="toc-backref" href="#id2">Initializing the Class</a><a class="headerlink" href="#initializing-the-class" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h3> <p>Like most other classes in CodeIgniter, the FTP class is initialized in your controller using the $this->load->library function:</p> <div class="highlight-ci"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="nv">$this</span><span class="o">-></span><span class="na">load</span><span class="o">-></span><span class="na">library</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s1">'ftp'</span><span class="p">);</span> </pre></div> </div> <p>Once loaded, the FTP object will be available using: $this->ftp</p> </div> <div class="section" id="usage-examples"> <h3><a class="toc-backref" href="#id3">Usage Examples</a><a class="headerlink" href="#usage-examples" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h3> <p>In this example a connection is opened to the FTP server, and a local file is read and uploaded in ASCII mode. The file permissions are set to 755.</p> <div class="highlight-ci"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="nv">$this</span><span class="o">-></span><span class="na">load</span><span class="o">-></span><span class="na">library</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s1">'ftp'</span><span class="p">);</span> <span class="nv">$config</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="s1">'hostname'</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="s1">'ftp.example.com'</span><span class="p">;</span> <span class="nv">$config</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="s1">'username'</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="s1">'your-username'</span><span class="p">;</span> <span class="nv">$config</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="s1">'password'</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="s1">'your-password'</span><span class="p">;</span> <span class="nv">$config</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="s1">'debug'</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="k">TRUE</span><span class="p">;</span> <span class="nv">$this</span><span class="o">-></span><span class="na">ftp</span><span class="o">-></span><span class="na">connect</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="nv">$config</span><span class="p">);</span> <span class="nv">$this</span><span class="o">-></span><span class="na">ftp</span><span class="o">-></span><span class="na">upload</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s1">'/local/path/to/myfile.html'</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s1">'/public_html/myfile.html'</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s1">'ascii'</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="mo">0775</span><span class="p">);</span> <span class="nv">$this</span><span class="o">-></span><span class="na">ftp</span><span class="o">-></span><span class="na">close</span><span class="p">();</span> </pre></div> </div> <p>In this example a list of files is retrieved from the server.</p> <div class="highlight-ci"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="nv">$this</span><span class="o">-></span><span class="na">load</span><span class="o">-></span><span class="na">library</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s1">'ftp'</span><span class="p">);</span> <span class="nv">$config</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="s1">'hostname'</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="s1">'ftp.example.com'</span><span class="p">;</span> <span class="nv">$config</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="s1">'username'</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="s1">'your-username'</span><span class="p">;</span> <span class="nv">$config</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="s1">'password'</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="s1">'your-password'</span><span class="p">;</span> <span class="nv">$config</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="s1">'debug'</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="k">TRUE</span><span class="p">;</span> <span class="nv">$this</span><span class="o">-></span><span class="na">ftp</span><span class="o">-></span><span class="na">connect</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="nv">$config</span><span class="p">);</span> <span class="nv">$list</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="nv">$this</span><span class="o">-></span><span class="na">ftp</span><span class="o">-></span><span class="na">list_files</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s1">'/public_html/'</span><span class="p">);</span> <span class="nb">print_r</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="nv">$list</span><span class="p">);</span> <span class="nv">$this</span><span class="o">-></span><span class="na">ftp</span><span class="o">-></span><span class="na">close</span><span class="p">();</span> </pre></div> </div> <p>In this example a local directory is mirrored on the server.</p> <div class="highlight-ci"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="nv">$this</span><span class="o">-></span><span class="na">load</span><span class="o">-></span><span class="na">library</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s1">'ftp'</span><span class="p">);</span> <span class="nv">$config</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="s1">'hostname'</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="s1">'ftp.example.com'</span><span class="p">;</span> <span class="nv">$config</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="s1">'username'</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="s1">'your-username'</span><span class="p">;</span> <span class="nv">$config</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="s1">'password'</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="s1">'your-password'</span><span class="p">;</span> <span class="nv">$config</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="s1">'debug'</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="k">TRUE</span><span class="p">;</span> <span class="nv">$this</span><span class="o">-></span><span class="na">ftp</span><span class="o">-></span><span class="na">connect</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="nv">$config</span><span class="p">);</span> <span class="nv">$this</span><span class="o">-></span><span class="na">ftp</span><span class="o">-></span><span class="na">mirror</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s1">'/path/to/myfolder/'</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s1">'/public_html/myfolder/'</span><span class="p">);</span> <span class="nv">$this</span><span class="o">-></span><span class="na">ftp</span><span class="o">-></span><span class="na">close</span><span class="p">();</span> </pre></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="section" id="class-reference"> <h2><a class="toc-backref" href="#id4">Class Reference</a><a class="headerlink" href="#class-reference" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2> <dl class="class"> <dt id="CI_FTP"> <em class="property">class </em><code class="descname">CI_FTP</code><a class="headerlink" href="#CI_FTP" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd><dl class="method"> <dt id="CI_FTP::connect"> <code class="descname">connect</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><span class="optional">[</span><em>$config = array()</em><span class="optional">]</span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#CI_FTP::connect" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd><table class="docutils field-list" frame="void" rules="none"> <col class="field-name" /> <col class="field-body" /> <tbody valign="top"> <tr class="field-odd field"><th class="field-name">Parameters:</th><td class="field-body"><ul class="first simple"> <li><strong>$config</strong> (<em>array</em>) – Connection values</li> </ul> </td> </tr> <tr class="field-even field"><th class="field-name">Returns:</th><td class="field-body"><p class="first">TRUE on success, FALSE on failure</p> </td> </tr> <tr class="field-odd field"><th class="field-name">Return type:</th><td class="field-body"><p class="first last">bool</p> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p>Connects and logs into to the FTP server. Connection preferences are set by passing an array to the function, or you can store them in a config file.</p> <p>Here is an example showing how you set preferences manually:</p> <div class="highlight-ci"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="nv">$this</span><span class="o">-></span><span class="na">load</span><span class="o">-></span><span class="na">library</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s1">'ftp'</span><span class="p">);</span> <span class="nv">$config</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="s1">'hostname'</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="s1">'ftp.example.com'</span><span class="p">;</span> <span class="nv">$config</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="s1">'username'</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="s1">'your-username'</span><span class="p">;</span> <span class="nv">$config</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="s1">'password'</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="s1">'your-password'</span><span class="p">;</span> <span class="nv">$config</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="s1">'port'</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="mi">21</span><span class="p">;</span> <span class="nv">$config</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="s1">'passive'</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="k">FALSE</span><span class="p">;</span> <span class="nv">$config</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="s1">'debug'</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="k">TRUE</span><span class="p">;</span> <span class="nv">$this</span><span class="o">-></span><span class="na">ftp</span><span class="o">-></span><span class="na">connect</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="nv">$config</span><span class="p">);</span> </pre></div> </div> <p><strong>Setting FTP Preferences in a Config File</strong></p> <p>If you prefer you can store your FTP preferences in a config file. Simply create a new file called the ftp.php, add the $config array in that file. Then save the file at <em>application/config/ftp.php</em> and it will be used automatically.</p> <p><strong>Available connection options</strong></p> <table border="1" class="docutils"> <colgroup> <col width="13%" /> <col width="14%" /> <col width="73%" /> </colgroup> <thead valign="bottom"> <tr class="row-odd"><th class="head">Option name</th> <th class="head">Default value</th> <th class="head">Description</th> </tr> </thead> <tbody valign="top"> <tr class="row-even"><td><strong>hostname</strong></td> <td>n/a</td> <td>FTP hostname (usually something like: ftp.example.com)</td> </tr> <tr class="row-odd"><td><strong>username</strong></td> <td>n/a</td> <td>FTP username</td> </tr> <tr class="row-even"><td><strong>password</strong></td> <td>n/a</td> <td>FTP password</td> </tr> <tr class="row-odd"><td><strong>port</strong></td> <td>21</td> <td>FTP server port number</td> </tr> <tr class="row-even"><td><strong>debug</strong></td> <td>FALSE</td> <td>TRUE/FALSE (boolean): Whether to enable debugging to display error messages</td> </tr> <tr class="row-odd"><td><strong>passive</strong></td> <td>TRUE</td> <td>TRUE/FALSE (boolean): Whether to use passive mode</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </dd></dl> <dl class="method"> <dt id="CI_FTP::upload"> <code class="descname">upload</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em>$locpath</em>, <em>$rempath</em><span class="optional">[</span>, <em>$mode = 'auto'</em><span class="optional">[</span>, <em>$permissions = NULL</em><span class="optional">]</span><span class="optional">]</span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#CI_FTP::upload" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd><table class="docutils field-list" frame="void" rules="none"> <col class="field-name" /> <col class="field-body" /> <tbody valign="top"> <tr class="field-odd field"><th class="field-name">Parameters:</th><td class="field-body"><ul class="first simple"> <li><strong>$locpath</strong> (<em>string</em>) – Local file path</li> <li><strong>$rempath</strong> (<em>string</em>) – Remote file path</li> <li><strong>$mode</strong> (<em>string</em>) – FTP mode, defaults to ‘auto’ (options are: ‘auto’, ‘binary’, ‘ascii’)</li> <li><strong>$permissions</strong> (<em>int</em>) – File permissions (octal)</li> </ul> </td> </tr> <tr class="field-even field"><th class="field-name">Returns:</th><td class="field-body"><p class="first">TRUE on success, FALSE on failure</p> </td> </tr> <tr class="field-odd field"><th class="field-name">Return type:</th><td class="field-body"><p class="first last">bool</p> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p>Uploads a file to your server. You must supply the local path and the remote path, and you can optionally set the mode and permissions. Example:</p> <div class="highlight-ci"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="nv">$this</span><span class="o">-></span><span class="na">ftp</span><span class="o">-></span><span class="na">upload</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s1">'/local/path/to/myfile.html'</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s1">'/public_html/myfile.html'</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s1">'ascii'</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="mo">0775</span><span class="p">);</span> </pre></div> </div> <p>If ‘auto’ mode is used it will base the mode on the file extension of the source file.</p> <p>If set, permissions have to be passed as an octal value.</p> </dd></dl> <dl class="method"> <dt id="CI_FTP::download"> <code class="descname">download</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em>$rempath</em>, <em>$locpath</em><span class="optional">[</span>, <em>$mode = 'auto'</em><span class="optional">]</span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#CI_FTP::download" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd><table class="docutils field-list" frame="void" rules="none"> <col class="field-name" /> <col class="field-body" /> <tbody valign="top"> <tr class="field-odd field"><th class="field-name">Parameters:</th><td class="field-body"><ul class="first simple"> <li><strong>$rempath</strong> (<em>string</em>) – Remote file path</li> <li><strong>$locpath</strong> (<em>string</em>) – Local file path</li> <li><strong>$mode</strong> (<em>string</em>) – FTP mode, defaults to ‘auto’ (options are: ‘auto’, ‘binary’, ‘ascii’)</li> </ul> </td> </tr> <tr class="field-even field"><th class="field-name">Returns:</th><td class="field-body"><p class="first">TRUE on success, FALSE on failure</p> </td> </tr> <tr class="field-odd field"><th class="field-name">Return type:</th><td class="field-body"><p class="first last">bool</p> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p>Downloads a file from your server. You must supply the remote path and the local path, and you can optionally set the mode. Example:</p> <div class="highlight-ci"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="nv">$this</span><span class="o">-></span><span class="na">ftp</span><span class="o">-></span><span class="na">download</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s1">'/public_html/myfile.html'</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s1">'/local/path/to/myfile.html'</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s1">'ascii'</span><span class="p">);</span> </pre></div> </div> <p>If ‘auto’ mode is used it will base the mode on the file extension of the source file.</p> <p>Returns FALSE if the download does not execute successfully (including if PHP does not have permission to write the local file).</p> </dd></dl> <dl class="method"> <dt id="CI_FTP::rename"> <code class="descname">rename</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em>$old_file</em>, <em>$new_file</em><span class="optional">[</span>, <em>$move = FALSE</em><span class="optional">]</span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#CI_FTP::rename" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd><table class="docutils field-list" frame="void" rules="none"> <col class="field-name" /> <col class="field-body" /> <tbody valign="top"> <tr class="field-odd field"><th class="field-name">Parameters:</th><td class="field-body"><ul class="first simple"> <li><strong>$old_file</strong> (<em>string</em>) – Old file name</li> <li><strong>$new_file</strong> (<em>string</em>) – New file name</li> <li><strong>$move</strong> (<em>bool</em>) – Whether a move is being performed</li> </ul> </td> </tr> <tr class="field-even field"><th class="field-name">Returns:</th><td class="field-body"><p class="first">TRUE on success, FALSE on failure</p> </td> </tr> <tr class="field-odd field"><th class="field-name">Return type:</th><td class="field-body"><p class="first last">bool</p> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p>Permits you to rename a file. Supply the source file name/path and the new file name/path.</p> <div class="highlight-ci"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="c1">// Renames green.html to blue.html</span> <span class="nv">$this</span><span class="o">-></span><span class="na">ftp</span><span class="o">-></span><span class="na">rename</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s1">'/public_html/foo/green.html'</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s1">'/public_html/foo/blue.html'</span><span class="p">);</span> </pre></div> </div> </dd></dl> <dl class="method"> <dt id="CI_FTP::move"> <code class="descname">move</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em>$old_file</em>, <em>$new_file</em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#CI_FTP::move" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd><table class="docutils field-list" frame="void" rules="none"> <col class="field-name" /> <col class="field-body" /> <tbody valign="top"> <tr class="field-odd field"><th class="field-name">Parameters:</th><td class="field-body"><ul class="first simple"> <li><strong>$old_file</strong> (<em>string</em>) – Old file name</li> <li><strong>$new_file</strong> (<em>string</em>) – New file name</li> </ul> </td> </tr> <tr class="field-even field"><th class="field-name">Returns:</th><td class="field-body"><p class="first">TRUE on success, FALSE on failure</p> </td> </tr> <tr class="field-odd field"><th class="field-name">Return type:</th><td class="field-body"><p class="first last">bool</p> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p>Lets you move a file. Supply the source and destination paths:</p> <div class="highlight-ci"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="c1">// Moves blog.html from "joe" to "fred"</span> <span class="nv">$this</span><span class="o">-></span><span class="na">ftp</span><span class="o">-></span><span class="na">move</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s1">'/public_html/joe/blog.html'</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s1">'/public_html/fred/blog.html'</span><span class="p">);</span> </pre></div> </div> <div class="admonition note"> <p class="first admonition-title">Note</p> <p class="last">If the destination file name is different the file will be renamed.</p> </div> </dd></dl> <dl class="method"> <dt id="CI_FTP::delete_file"> <code class="descname">delete_file</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em>$filepath</em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#CI_FTP::delete_file" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd><table class="docutils field-list" frame="void" rules="none"> <col class="field-name" /> <col class="field-body" /> <tbody valign="top"> <tr class="field-odd field"><th class="field-name">Parameters:</th><td class="field-body"><ul class="first simple"> <li><strong>$filepath</strong> (<em>string</em>) – Path to file to delete</li> </ul> </td> </tr> <tr class="field-even field"><th class="field-name">Returns:</th><td class="field-body"><p class="first">TRUE on success, FALSE on failure</p> </td> </tr> <tr class="field-odd field"><th class="field-name">Return type:</th><td class="field-body"><p class="first last">bool</p> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p>Lets you delete a file. Supply the source path with the file name.</p> <div class="highlight-ci"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="nv">$this</span><span class="o">-></span><span class="na">ftp</span><span class="o">-></span><span class="na">delete_file</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s1">'/public_html/joe/blog.html'</span><span class="p">);</span> </pre></div> </div> </dd></dl> <dl class="method"> <dt id="CI_FTP::delete_dir"> <code class="descname">delete_dir</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em>$filepath</em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#CI_FTP::delete_dir" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd><table class="docutils field-list" frame="void" rules="none"> <col class="field-name" /> <col class="field-body" /> <tbody valign="top"> <tr class="field-odd field"><th class="field-name">Parameters:</th><td class="field-body"><ul class="first simple"> <li><strong>$filepath</strong> (<em>string</em>) – Path to directory to delete</li> </ul> </td> </tr> <tr class="field-even field"><th class="field-name">Returns:</th><td class="field-body"><p class="first">TRUE on success, FALSE on failure</p> </td> </tr> <tr class="field-odd field"><th class="field-name">Return type:</th><td class="field-body"><p class="first last">bool</p> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p>Lets you delete a directory and everything it contains. Supply the source path to the directory with a trailing slash.</p> <div class="admonition important"> <p class="first admonition-title">Important</p> <p class="last">Be VERY careful with this method! It will recursively delete <strong>everything</strong> within the supplied path, including sub-folders and all files. Make absolutely sure your path is correct. Try using <code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">list_files()</span></code> first to verify that your path is correct.</p> </div> <div class="highlight-ci"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="nv">$this</span><span class="o">-></span><span class="na">ftp</span><span class="o">-></span><span class="na">delete_dir</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s1">'/public_html/path/to/folder/'</span><span class="p">);</span> </pre></div> </div> </dd></dl> <dl class="method"> <dt id="CI_FTP::list_files"> <code class="descname">list_files</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><span class="optional">[</span><em>$path = '.'</em><span class="optional">]</span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#CI_FTP::list_files" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd><table class="docutils field-list" frame="void" rules="none"> <col class="field-name" /> <col class="field-body" /> <tbody valign="top"> <tr class="field-odd field"><th class="field-name">Parameters:</th><td class="field-body"><ul class="first simple"> <li><strong>$path</strong> (<em>string</em>) – Directory path</li> </ul> </td> </tr> <tr class="field-even field"><th class="field-name">Returns:</th><td class="field-body"><p class="first">An array list of files or FALSE on failure</p> </td> </tr> <tr class="field-odd field"><th class="field-name">Return type:</th><td class="field-body"><p class="first last">array</p> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p>Permits you to retrieve a list of files on your server returned as an array. You must supply the path to the desired directory.</p> <div class="highlight-ci"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="nv">$list</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="nv">$this</span><span class="o">-></span><span class="na">ftp</span><span class="o">-></span><span class="na">list_files</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s1">'/public_html/'</span><span class="p">);</span> <span class="nb">print_r</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="nv">$list</span><span class="p">);</span> </pre></div> </div> </dd></dl> <dl class="method"> <dt id="CI_FTP::mirror"> <code class="descname">mirror</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em>$locpath</em>, <em>$rempath</em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#CI_FTP::mirror" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd><table class="docutils field-list" frame="void" rules="none"> <col class="field-name" /> <col class="field-body" /> <tbody valign="top"> <tr class="field-odd field"><th class="field-name">Parameters:</th><td class="field-body"><ul class="first simple"> <li><strong>$locpath</strong> (<em>string</em>) – Local path</li> <li><strong>$rempath</strong> (<em>string</em>) – Remote path</li> </ul> </td> </tr> <tr class="field-even field"><th class="field-name">Returns:</th><td class="field-body"><p class="first">TRUE on success, FALSE on failure</p> </td> </tr> <tr class="field-odd field"><th class="field-name">Return type:</th><td class="field-body"><p class="first last">bool</p> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p>Recursively reads a local folder and everything it contains (including sub-folders) and creates a mirror via FTP based on it. Whatever the directory structure of the original file path will be recreated on the server. You must supply a source path and a destination path:</p> <div class="highlight-ci"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="nv">$this</span><span class="o">-></span><span class="na">ftp</span><span class="o">-></span><span class="na">mirror</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s1">'/path/to/myfolder/'</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s1">'/public_html/myfolder/'</span><span class="p">);</span> </pre></div> </div> </dd></dl> <dl class="method"> <dt id="CI_FTP::mkdir"> <code class="descname">mkdir</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em>$path</em><span class="optional">[</span>, <em>$permissions = NULL</em><span class="optional">]</span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#CI_FTP::mkdir" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd><table class="docutils field-list" frame="void" rules="none"> <col class="field-name" /> <col class="field-body" /> <tbody valign="top"> <tr class="field-odd field"><th class="field-name">Parameters:</th><td class="field-body"><ul class="first simple"> <li><strong>$path</strong> (<em>string</em>) – Path to directory to create</li> <li><strong>$permissions</strong> (<em>int</em>) – Permissions (octal)</li> </ul> </td> </tr> <tr class="field-even field"><th class="field-name">Returns:</th><td class="field-body"><p class="first">TRUE on success, FALSE on failure</p> </td> </tr> <tr class="field-odd field"><th class="field-name">Return type:</th><td class="field-body"><p class="first last">bool</p> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p>Lets you create a directory on your server. Supply the path ending in the folder name you wish to create, with a trailing slash.</p> <p>Permissions can be set by passing an octal value in the second parameter.</p> <div class="highlight-ci"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="c1">// Creates a folder named "bar"</span> <span class="nv">$this</span><span class="o">-></span><span class="na">ftp</span><span class="o">-></span><span class="na">mkdir</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s1">'/public_html/foo/bar/'</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="mo">0755</span><span class="p">);</span> </pre></div> </div> </dd></dl> <dl class="method"> <dt id="CI_FTP::chmod"> <code class="descname">chmod</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em>$path</em>, <em>$perm</em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#CI_FTP::chmod" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd><table class="docutils field-list" frame="void" rules="none"> <col class="field-name" /> <col class="field-body" /> <tbody valign="top"> <tr class="field-odd field"><th class="field-name">Parameters:</th><td class="field-body"><ul class="first simple"> <li><strong>$path</strong> (<em>string</em>) – Path to alter permissions for</li> <li><strong>$perm</strong> (<em>int</em>) – Permissions (octal)</li> </ul> </td> </tr> <tr class="field-even field"><th class="field-name">Returns:</th><td class="field-body"><p class="first">TRUE on success, FALSE on failure</p> </td> </tr> <tr class="field-odd field"><th class="field-name">Return type:</th><td class="field-body"><p class="first last">bool</p> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p>Permits you to set file permissions. Supply the path to the file or directory you wish to alter permissions on:</p> <div class="highlight-ci"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="c1">// Chmod "bar" to 755</span> <span class="nv">$this</span><span class="o">-></span><span class="na">ftp</span><span class="o">-></span><span class="na">chmod</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s1">'/public_html/foo/bar/'</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="mo">0755</span><span class="p">);</span> </pre></div> </div> </dd></dl> <dl class="method"> <dt id="CI_FTP::changedir"> <code class="descname">changedir</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em>$path</em><span class="optional">[</span>, <em>$suppress_debug = FALSE</em><span class="optional">]</span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#CI_FTP::changedir" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd><table class="docutils field-list" frame="void" rules="none"> <col class="field-name" /> <col class="field-body" /> <tbody valign="top"> <tr class="field-odd field"><th class="field-name">Parameters:</th><td class="field-body"><ul class="first simple"> <li><strong>$path</strong> (<em>string</em>) – Directory path</li> <li><strong>$suppress_debug</strong> (<em>bool</em>) – Whether to turn off debug messages for this command</li> </ul> </td> </tr> <tr class="field-even field"><th class="field-name">Returns:</th><td class="field-body"><p class="first">TRUE on success, FALSE on failure</p> </td> </tr> <tr class="field-odd field"><th class="field-name">Return type:</th><td class="field-body"><p class="first last">bool</p> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p>Changes the current working directory to the specified path.</p> <p>The <code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">$suppress_debug</span></code> parameter is useful in case you want to use this method as an <code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">is_dir()</span></code> alternative for FTP.</p> </dd></dl> <dl class="method"> <dt id="CI_FTP::close"> <code class="descname">close</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#CI_FTP::close" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd><table class="docutils field-list" frame="void" rules="none"> <col class="field-name" /> <col class="field-body" /> <tbody valign="top"> <tr class="field-odd field"><th class="field-name">Returns:</th><td class="field-body">TRUE on success, FALSE on failure</td> </tr> <tr class="field-even field"><th class="field-name">Return type:</th><td class="field-body">bool</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p>Closes the connection to your server. 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