PHP ActiveX

Download Multiple Files Matching Pattern

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The MGetFiles method can be called to download all files matching a wildcarded filename pattern. 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 = 'myUsername';
$ftp->Password = 'myPassword';
$ftp->Port = 21;
$ftp->AuthTls = 1;

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

// Change to the remote directory where the files are located.
// This step is only necessary if the files are not in the root directory
// of the FTP account.
$success = $ftp->ChangeRemoteDir('qa');
if ($success != 1) {
    print $ftp->LastErrorText . "\n";
    exit;
}

// Download all files with filenames matching "*.txt"
// The files are downloaded into c:/temp/qa_output
$numFilesDownloaded = $ftp->MGetFiles('*.txt','c:/temp/qa_output');
if ($numFilesDownloaded < 0) {
    print $ftp->LastErrorText . "\n";
    exit;
}

$success = $ftp->Disconnect();

print $numFilesDownloaded . ' Files Downloaded!' . "\n";

?>