(PHP Extension) Download Multiple Files Matching Pattern

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The MGetFiles method can be called to download all files matching a wildcarded filename pattern.

Chilkat PHP Downloads PHP Extension for Windows, Linux, MacOS, Alpine Linux, Solaris

<?php

include("chilkat_9_5_0.php");

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

$ftp = new CkFtp2();

$ftp->put_Hostname('ftp.example.com');
$ftp->put_Username('myUsername');
$ftp->put_Password('myPassword');
$ftp->put_Port(21);
$ftp->put_AuthTls(true);

// Connect and login to the FTP server.
$success = $ftp->Connect();
if ($success != true) {
    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 != true) {
    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";

?>