Title: WP_Filesystem_ftpsockets::__construct
Published: April 25, 2014
Last modified: February 24, 2026

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# WP_Filesystem_ftpsockets::__construct( array $opt )

## In this article

 * [Parameters](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_filesystem_ftpsockets/__construct/?output_format=md#parameters)
 * [Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_filesystem_ftpsockets/__construct/?output_format=md#source)
 * [Related](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_filesystem_ftpsockets/__construct/?output_format=md#related)
 * [Changelog](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_filesystem_ftpsockets/__construct/?output_format=md#changelog)

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Constructor.

## 󠀁[Parameters](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_filesystem_ftpsockets/__construct/?output_format=md#parameters)󠁿

 `$opt`arrayrequired

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

    ```php
    public function __construct( $opt = '' ) {
    	$this->method = 'ftpsockets';
    	$this->errors = new WP_Error();

    	// Check if possible to use ftp functions.
    	if ( ! require_once ABSPATH . 'wp-admin/includes/class-ftp.php' ) {
    		return;
    	}

    	$this->ftp = new ftp();

    	if ( empty( $opt['port'] ) ) {
    		$this->options['port'] = 21;
    	} else {
    		$this->options['port'] = (int) $opt['port'];
    	}

    	if ( empty( $opt['hostname'] ) ) {
    		$this->errors->add( 'empty_hostname', __( 'FTP hostname is required' ) );
    	} else {
    		$this->options['hostname'] = $opt['hostname'];
    	}

    	// Check if the options provided are OK.
    	if ( empty( $opt['username'] ) ) {
    		$this->errors->add( 'empty_username', __( 'FTP username is required' ) );
    	} else {
    		$this->options['username'] = $opt['username'];
    	}

    	if ( empty( $opt['password'] ) ) {
    		$this->errors->add( 'empty_password', __( 'FTP password is required' ) );
    	} else {
    		$this->options['password'] = $opt['password'];
    	}
    }
    ```

[View all references](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/files/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-filesystem-ftpsockets.php/)
[View on Trac](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tags/6.9.4/src/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-filesystem-ftpsockets.php#L31)
[View on GitHub](https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/blob/6.9.4/src/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-filesystem-ftpsockets.php#L31-L66)

## 󠀁[Related](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_filesystem_ftpsockets/__construct/?output_format=md#related)󠁿

| Uses | Description | 
| [__()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/__/)`wp-includes/l10n.php` |

Retrieves the translation of $text.

  | 
| [WP_Error::__construct()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_error/__construct/)`wp-includes/class-wp-error.php` |

Initializes the error.

  |

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

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

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