Title: WP_Filesystem_FTPext::__destruct
Published: April 25, 2014
Last modified: May 20, 2026

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# WP_Filesystem_FTPext::__destruct()

## In this article

 * [Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_filesystem_ftpext/__destruct/?output_format=md#source)
 * [Changelog](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_filesystem_ftpext/__destruct/?output_format=md#changelog)

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Destructor.

## 󠀁[Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_filesystem_ftpext/__destruct/?output_format=md#source)󠁿

    ```php
    public function __destruct() {
    	if ( $this->link ) {
    		ftp_close( $this->link );
    	}
    }
    ```

[View all references](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/files/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-filesystem-ftpext.php/)
[View on Trac](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tags/7.0/src/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-filesystem-ftpext.php#L826)
[View on GitHub](https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/blob/7.0/src/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-filesystem-ftpext.php#L826-L830)

## 󠀁[Changelog](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_filesystem_ftpext/__destruct/?output_format=md#changelog)󠁿

| Version | Description | 
| [2.5.0](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/since/2.5.0/) | Introduced. |

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