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FTP Iterate over Files in Directory Matching ListPattern

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Uses the ListPattern property to iterate over the files in a directory matching the pattern.

Chilkat PHP ActiveX Downloads

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 = 'my_login';
$ftp->Password = 'my_password';
$ftp->Port = 21;
$ftp->AuthTls = 1;

$success = $ftp->Connect();
if ($success != 1) {
    print $ftp->LastErrorText . "\n";
    exit;
}

// Change to the "images" sub-directory located under our FTP account's home directory.
$success = $ftp->ChangeRemoteDir('images');
if ($success != 1) {
    print $ftp->LastErrorText . "\n";
    exit;
}

$ftp->ListPattern = '*.png';

// Fetch the current remote directory contents by calling GetDirCount
$n = $ftp->GetDirCount();
if ($n < 0) {
    print $ftp->LastErrorText . "\n";
    exit;
}

$i = 0;

$sbLocalPath = new COM("Chilkat.StringBuilder");

while ($i < $n) {
    $filename = $ftp->getFilename($i);
    print $filename . "\n";

    // Download this file.
    $sbLocalPath->SetString('qa_output/');
    $sbLocalPath->Append($filename);
    $success = $ftp->GetFile($filename,$sbLocalPath->getAsString());
    if ($success != 1) {
        print $ftp->LastErrorText . "\n";
        exit;
    }

    $i = $i + 1;
}


?>