Why won't this code open a remote URL directory? Please help.

Achilles97

I've searched for a whole day but I can't find anything that gives me a definite answer.

I have a script on one server that is supposed to read the contents of a directory on a remote server. The directory's permissions are setup to allow directory listing.

Here is the code:

$dir='http://www.myweb/new/';

if($dirname = opendir("$dir"))
echo "Directory was opened!";

else
echo "Can't open $dir";

All I get is "Can't open http://www.myweb/new/". I even tried this the other way around, server B reading server A, and it still won't work.

What is the problem here? Is this just not possible? I read the manual here and it says URLs should be able to be open this way http://us3.php.net/manual/en/function.opendir.php

I would appreciate any advice.

Thanks!

olaf

Hallo! this will work:

<?php 
$dir = $DOCUMENT_ROOT."/Images/"; 

if($dirname = opendir($dir)) {
echo "Directory was opened!"; 
} else {
echo "Can't open $dir"; 
}
?>

Achilles97

Hello,
That won't work because it's a remote directory on a different server.

Thanks for the suggestion.

lazzy

you cant access remote directories unless the directory has browsing privs set on it. Me for one wouldnt like you to browse through my directories on my server 😉

Achilles97

Hello,
The server is setup to allow directory browsing. It's a server that we manage at my work. The server admin set the permissions to allow directory listing, but it still won't work.

olaf

You didn't tell us that this remote-dir is not on your own server. Only setting the right for full access is not enough on most server types you have to open all doors.

Use the snippet SS on the remote server and it works.