<?php
 
# server credentials
$host = "ftp server";
$user = "username";
$pass = "password";
 
# connect to ftp server
$handle = @ftp_connect($host) or die("Could not connect to {$host}");
 
# login using credentials
@ftp_login($handle, $user, $pass) or die("Could not login to {$host}");
 
function recursiveDelete($directory)
{
    # here we attempt to delete the file/directory
    if( !(@ftp_rmdir($handle, $directory) || @ftp_delete($handle, $directory)) )
    {
        # if the attempt to delete fails, get the file listing
        $filelist = @ftp_nlist($handle, $directory);
 
        # loop through the file list and recursively delete the FILE in the list
        foreach($filelist as $file)
        {
            recursiveDelete($file);
        }
 
        #if the file list is empty, delete the DIRECTORY we passed
        recursiveDelete($directory);
    }
}
?>