(PHP ActiveX) Get FTP File Permissions

PHP ActiveX example showing how to retrieve file permissions (via FTP) for each file in a remote directory.

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<?php

// This example requires the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
// See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

// For versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0, use new COM('Chilkat_9_5_0.Chilkat.Ftp2')
$ftp = new COM("Chilkat.Ftp2");

// Set the various properties to establish the connection.
$ftp->Hostname = 'ftp.example.com';
$ftp->Username = 'login';
$ftp->Password = 'password';

// If SSL/TLS is required..
// See http://www.cknotes.com/determining-ftp2-connection-settings/ 
// for more information.
$ftp->AuthTls = 1;
$ftp->PassiveUseHostAddr = 1;

// Connect to the FTP server:
$success = $ftp->ConnectOnly();
if ($success != 1) {
    print $ftp->LastErrorText . "\n";
    exit;
}

// Authenticate with the FTP server.
$success = $ftp->LoginAfterConnectOnly();
if ($success != 1) {
    print $ftp->LastErrorText . "\n";
    exit;
}

// To get file permissions in UNIX format, disallow MSLD:
$ftp->AllowMlsd = 0;

// To get file and sub-directory information, simply
// loop from 0 to ftp.GetDirCount() - 1
$i = 0;
$n = $ftp->GetDirCount();
if ($n < 0) {
    print $ftp->LastErrorText . "\n";
    exit;
}

// Show the type of permissions information that is available.
// The two most common types are "mlsd" and "unix".  See the
// online reference documentation for more information.
if ($n > 0) {
    print 'The permissions format is: ' . $ftp->getPermType(0) . "\n";
}

while ($i < $n) {

    // Display the permissions and filename
    print $ftp->getPermissions($i) . ' ' . $ftp->getFilename($i) . "\n";

    $i = $i + 1;
}

// Assuming MLSD was possible, let's see the file permissions in MLSD format:
$ftp->AllowMlsd = 1;

// Clear the directory cache so we're forced to re-fetch the directory listing:
$ftp->ClearDirCache();

$n = $ftp->GetDirCount();
if ($n < 0) {
    print $ftp->LastErrorText . "\n";
    exit;
}

// Show the type of permissions information that is available.
// The two most common types are "mlsd" and "unix".  See the
// online reference documentation for more information.
if ($n > 0) {
    print '----' . "\n";
    print 'The permissions format is: ' . $ftp->getPermType(0) . "\n";
}

$i = 0;
while ($i < $n) {

    // Display the permissions and filename
    print $ftp->getPermissions($i) . ' ' . $ftp->getFilename($i) . "\n";

    $i = $i + 1;
}

$success = $ftp->Disconnect();

?>