[RESOLVED] Get list of directory files

[benracer]

Hi,

I can get a list of the files in my directory using this script...

$path = 'files';

$d = dir($path) or die("Wrong path: $image_file_path");
while (false !== ($entry = $d->read())) {
if($entry != '.' && $entry != '..' && !is_dir($dir.$entry)) 
$files[] = $entry;
}
$d->close();

However how can i get the names of files at a remote host.

I have a remote streaming server that contains the files, these are added by ftp.

Thanks,
Ben

[coldwerturkey]

if it's an apache file list of a directory you can use something like http://episteme.arstechnica.com/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/6330927813/m/5261037?r=3781019#3781019

.. I'm fairly certain you can't read a remote directory w/ php unless it's a sever directory listing.., or else there would be a lot of exploited sites (but I'm wrong 50% of the time).

[benracer]

Okay,, I have found a ftp php function as followed...

$conn_id = ftp_connect("account_id.example.com");

// login with username and password
$login_result = ftp_login($conn_id, "account_id", "password");

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

// output $contents
var_dump($contents);

However i get the errors,

Warning: ftp_login() expects parameter 1 to be resource, boolean given in /nfs1/x/www/index.php on line 8

Warning: ftp_nlist() expects parameter 1 to be resource, boolean given in /nfs1/x/www/index.php on line 11

[Weedpacket]

Did you check to see that [man]ftp_connect[/man] succeeded? If it fails, it returns a boolean false instead of a resource.

[benracer]

Thanks,

Yes the connection was failing due to my host having a firewall blocking the connection.

I moved the script to another one of my hosting accounts and all is fine.

Regards,
Ben