PHP ActiveX

Get FTP Directory Listing Information

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_LANGUAGE_ example showing how to get information about files and subdirectories in the current remote FTP directory. PHP ActiveX

<?php

$success = 0;

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

$ftp = new COM("Chilkat.Ftp2");

$ftp->Hostname = 'ftp.example.com';
$ftp->Username = 'login';
$ftp->Password = 'password';

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

// The ListPattern property is our directory listing filter.
// The default value is "*", which includes everything.
print $ftp->ListPattern . "\n";

// To get file and sub-directory information, simply
// loop from 0 to ftp.GetDirCount() - 1

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

if ($n > 0) {
    for ($i = 0; $i <= $n - 1; $i++) {

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

        // Display the file size (in bytes)
        print $ftp->GetSize($i) . "\n";

        // Is this a sub-directory?
        if ($ftp->GetIsDirectory($i) == 1) {
            print '.. this is a sub-directory' . "\n";
        }

        print '--' . "\n";
    }

}

print '-----------------------------------' . "\n";

// Only files and directories
// matching the ListPattern are returned.
$ftp->ListPattern = '*.asp';
$n = $ftp->GetDirCount();
if ($n < 0) {
    print $ftp->LastErrorText . "\n";
    exit;
}

if ($n > 0) {
    for ($i = 0; $i <= $n - 1; $i++) {

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

        // Display the file size (in bytes)
        print $ftp->GetSize($i) . "\n";

        print '--' . "\n";
    }

}

$success = $ftp->Disconnect();

?>