FTPdelete ( remotePath, host, user, password )

delete remote file via FTP

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Sample input:

FTPdelete(remotePath, host, user, password)

Sample output:

0 (successful)

Function definition: (Copy & paste into FileMaker's Edit Custom Function window)

// FTPdelete(remotePath, host, user, password)
// NicoWeb adapted from Mark DeNyse FTPdownload
//
// Delete a file via FTP. Requires SmartPill PHP plugin.
//
// Returns:
//		 0		Successful
//		-1		Couldn't log in to the FTP server
//		-2		Couldn't download the file from the FTP server
//
Let (
	[
	
		$remotePath = remotePath ;
		$host = host ;
		$user = user ;
		$password = password ;

		phpCode = "error_reporting(0); //(E_ALL & ~E_NOTICE);¶
		¶
		$localPath = fm_evaluate('$localPath');¶
		$remotePath = fm_evaluate('$remotePath');¶
		$host = fm_evaluate('$host');¶
		$user = fm_evaluate('$user');¶
		$password = fm_evaluate('$password');¶
		¶
		$retVal = 0;¶
		$connection = ftp_connect($host);¶
		¶
		$login_result = @ftp_login($connection, $user, $password);¶
		if ((!$connection) || (!$login_result))¶
		{¶
			$retVal = -1;¶
		}¶
		else¶
		{¶
			ftp_pasv($connection, true);¶
			¶
			if (!ftp_delete($connection,$remotePath))¶
			{¶
				$retVal = -2;¶
			}¶
			¶
			ftp_close($connection);¶
		}¶
		echo $retVal;¶
	  ";

		result = PHP_Execute(phpCode)
	] ;
	result
)

Delete a file from a remote specified FTP directory.

Requires the SmartPill PHP plug-in from Scodigo.

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FTPdelete ( remotePath, host, user, password )

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