FTP - check to see if remote file exists

[Anon]

Hi,
The project I'm working on needs to FTP a file to a remote host if it sees that the required file does not exist.I presumed that I would use ftp_mdtm command about that but my server does not support it.Could anyone give some suggestions?

-Thanks

[Anon]

You could use ftp_nlist() and see if the filename in question is in the returned array.

[Anon]

Hi Grumbler/Anyone

It appears that I'm doing something wrong with the ftp_nlist nothing gets listed as the files though I know files exist.Do you see something wrong?

$remotehomedir = ftp_pwd($conn);

$filesindir=Array();
$filesindir = ftp_nlist($conn,$remotehomedir)."<BR>";

$i=0;

foreach ($filesindir as $filename)
echo "File : $filename<br>";

_thanks

[Anon]

Be careful when using the ftp_nlist function.

Function returns false on error, but also returns false if the directory is empty.

[Anon]

Ya I see that ftp_nlist is returning 0 but files are there in it.Do you know reasons why that may occur.I'm changing the remote directory to different values ,still the same value 0.

I belive since it can recognise the directory the permissions should not be a matter?

[Anon]

Got to work using this code found on the forum by not specifying the entire dir path.

$files=ftp_rawlist($id, "");
foreach($files as $file) {
echo substr($file,55)."<br>\n";
}

-Thanks

[Anon]

Drop that ."<br>" bit - you're turning the array into a string.