ftp download problem

[chings]

i'm using the ftp library provided by PHP and users can download file from my server

but could anyone advise how to let the user to choose the target directory for the downloaded file , thanks ..

• i think no input type can provide directory selected ..thanks

[weekender]

i take it you mean people are uploading to your server via ftp?

in the form where users choose the file to upload, use [man]ftp_nlist[/man] to list all files/dirs within current directory. Limit this list so it only shows dirs, and show each one with a radio button in the form. That way, users can click on the dir they want to upload to

note that like this, the code will only serve directories 1 level deep

[chings]

it 's fine for uploading , since i can control everything

but the question is downloading via ftp protocol , i have no idea about client file structure and i don't think it's good to ask the user to type the directory path

[weekender]

so you mean the users are downloading from another server to your server? i thought you were saying they were ftp-ing from your server to their machine, which wouldn't require php.

well then use the method i said before to show a list of directories. when the user clicks it, ftp into that dir and reload the page showing sub directories/files etc, until the user picks a file, then use [man]ftp_get[/man] (i think) to pull down the file to your server

[chings]

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i mean the user downlaoding file FROM MY SERVER to his computer

[weekender]

but that really has nothing to do with ftp

if a user connects to your server with an ftp client, he is connecting to an ftp service on an ftp port - not through http

you can't connect an ftp session from your server to the client, as only a tiny percentage of client machines have an ftp service set up

if a client wants a file off your server, you just put a hyperlink to the file on a web page, they click it, and it downloads over http... nothing at all to do with ftp