PHP ftp_login() Function

The ftp_login() function is used to logs in to the specified FTP connection. This function was introduced in PHP 4.

Syntax:

Parameter	Description	Is compulsory
ftp_stream	The link identifier of the FTP connection.	compulsory
username	The username(USER).	compulsory
password	The password(PASS).	compulsory

Return value:

This function returns TRUE on success or FALSE and a warning on failure.

Example 1

<?php
// connect to FTP server
$ftp_server = "127.0.0.1";
$ftp_conn = ftp_connect($ftp_server) or die("Could not connect to $ftp_server");
// login
if (@ftp_login($ftp_conn, "demo", "demo1"))
	{
		echo "Connection established.";
	}
else
	{
		echo "Couldn't establish a connection.";
	}
// close connection
ftp_close($ftp_conn); 
?>

Output:

Example 2

<?php
$ftp_server = "127.0.0.1";
$ftp_user = "demo";
$ftp_pass = "demo1";
// set up a connection or die
$conn_id = ftp_connect($ftp_server) or die("Couldn't connect to $ftp_server"); 
// try to login
if (@ftp_login($conn_id, "demo", "demo1")) 
{
		echo "Connected as $ftp_user@$ftp_server\n";
} 
else 
{
		echo "Couldn't connect as $ftp_user\n";
}
// close the connection
ftp_close($conn_id);  
?>

Output: