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<h1 class="refname">ftp_chdir</h1>
<p class="verinfo">(PHP 4, PHP 5)</p><p class="refpurpose"><span class="refname">ftp_chdir</span> — <span class="dc-title">Changes the current directory on a FTP server</span></p>
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<div class="refsect1 description" id="refsect1-function.ftp-chdir-description">
<h3 class="title">Description</h3>
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<span class="type">bool</span> <span class="methodname"><strong>ftp_chdir</strong></span>
( <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">resource</span> <code class="parameter">$ftp_stream</code></span>
, <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">string</span> <code class="parameter">$directory</code></span>
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Changes the current directory to the specified one.
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<h3 class="title">Parameters</h3>
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<span class="term"><em><code class="parameter">ftp_stream</code></em></span>
<dd>
<p class="para">
The link identifier of the FTP connection.
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</dd>
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<span class="term"><em><code class="parameter">directory</code></em></span>
<dd>
<p class="para">
The target directory.
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</dd>
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<div class="refsect1 returnvalues" id="refsect1-function.ftp-chdir-returnvalues">
<h3 class="title">Return Values</h3>
<p class="para">
Returns <strong><code>TRUE</code></strong> on success or <strong><code>FALSE</code></strong> on failure.
If changing directory fails, PHP will also throw a warning.
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<div class="refsect1 examples" id="refsect1-function.ftp-chdir-examples">
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<p><strong>Example #1 <span class="function"><strong>ftp_chdir()</strong></span> example</strong></p>
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<div class="phpcode"><code><span style="color: #000000">
<span style="color: #0000BB"><?php<br /><br /></span><span style="color: #FF8000">// set up basic connection<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">$conn_id </span><span style="color: #007700">= </span><span style="color: #0000BB">ftp_connect</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$ftp_server</span><span style="color: #007700">); <br /><br /></span><span style="color: #FF8000">// login with username and password<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">$login_result </span><span style="color: #007700">= </span><span style="color: #0000BB">ftp_login</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$conn_id</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$ftp_user_name</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$ftp_user_pass</span><span style="color: #007700">); <br /><br /></span><span style="color: #FF8000">// check connection<br /></span><span style="color: #007700">if ((!</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$conn_id</span><span style="color: #007700">) || (!</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$login_result</span><span style="color: #007700">)) {<br /> die(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">"FTP connection has failed !"</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br />}<br /><br />echo </span><span style="color: #DD0000">"Current directory: " </span><span style="color: #007700">. </span><span style="color: #0000BB">ftp_pwd</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$conn_id</span><span style="color: #007700">) . </span><span style="color: #DD0000">"\n"</span><span style="color: #007700">;<br /><br /></span><span style="color: #FF8000">// try to change the directory to somedir<br /></span><span style="color: #007700">if (</span><span style="color: #0000BB">ftp_chdir</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$conn_id</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #DD0000">"somedir"</span><span style="color: #007700">)) {<br /> echo </span><span style="color: #DD0000">"Current directory is now: " </span><span style="color: #007700">. </span><span style="color: #0000BB">ftp_pwd</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$conn_id</span><span style="color: #007700">) . </span><span style="color: #DD0000">"\n"</span><span style="color: #007700">;<br />} else { <br /> echo </span><span style="color: #DD0000">"Couldn't change directory\n"</span><span style="color: #007700">;<br />}<br /><br /></span><span style="color: #FF8000">// close the connection<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">ftp_close</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$conn_id</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">?></span>
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<div class="refsect1 seealso" id="refsect1-function.ftp-chdir-seealso">
<h3 class="title">See Also</h3>
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<li class="member"> <span class="function"><a href="function.ftp-cdup.html" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">ftp_cdup()</a> - Changes to the parent directory</span></li>
<li class="member"> <span class="function"><a href="function.ftp-pwd.html" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">ftp_pwd()</a> - Returns the current directory name</span></li>
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