[Resolved] Reading Remote Folder Contents

[webdes03]

What I'd like to do is read the contents of a folder containing php files on a remote location of the server. I know I can use file_get_contents() to get the contents of the files without too much problem, and I know how to read a local directory. I'm wondering what the best way to read a remote directory is. Would the FTP functions work for this if I create an FTP account that accesses that folder directly? I've never tried this before and have no idea where to start. Any ideas are appreciated.

Thanks.

[LordShryku]

I'd think you'd have to ftp the file first. fopen also supports samba shares though, so you could go that route.

[webdes03]

I've got it, my solution is below incase anyone is interested:

I made an FTP account that points directly to the directory I want to read... then...

<?php
$ftp_server = "yourname.com";
$ftp_user_name = "username";
$ftp_user_pass = "password";


// set up basic connection
$conn_id = ftp_connect($ftp_server);

// login with username and password
$login_result = ftp_login($conn_id, $ftp_user_name, $ftp_user_pass);

// get contents of the current directory
$contents = ftp_nlist($conn_id, ".");

// output $contents
//var_dump($contents);

foreach ($contents as $element) {
  echo $element."<br>";
}

?>

Outputs contents as:

File1.extension
File2.extension
File3.extension
File4.extension
File5.extension