(PHP ActiveX) Get FTP Directory Listing Information

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

Chilkat ActiveX Downloads ActiveX for 32-bit and 64-bit Windows Note: The php_com_dotnet.dll may need to be enabled inside of php.ini.

<?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");

$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();

?>