PHP ftp_raw() function

The ftp_raw() function sends a raw command to the FTP server. This function was introduced in PHP 5.

Syntax:

Parameter	Description	Is compulsory
ftp_stream	The link identifier of the FTP connection.	compulsory
Command	The command to execute.	compulsory

Return values:

The ftp_raw() returns the response of the server as an array of strings. In this function, no parsing is performed on the response string, nor does ftp_raw() determine if the command succeeded.

Example 1

<?php
$conn = ftp_connect("127.0.0.1") or die("Could not connect");
print_r (ftp_raw($conn,"USER demo"));
echo "<br>";
print_r (ftp_raw($conn,"PASS demo1"));
ftp_close($conn);
?>

Output:

Example 2

<?php
// connect to FTP server
$ftp_server = "127.0.0.1";
$ftp_conn = ftp_connect($ftp_server) or die("Could not connect to $ftp_server");
ftp_login($ftp_conn,"demo","demo1");
print_r(ftp_raw($ftp_conn, "USER demo"));
echo "<br>";
print_r(ftp_raw($ftp_conn, "PASS demo1"));
?>

Output: