how to copy a remote folder full of images

[listenmirndt]

without the use of FTP... how would I get a remote folder (full of images only) and copy it to my local server?

[planetphp]

How are the remote files served? Is it through http? If so does the remote support folder indexes?

If you can get a list of links, like from a folder index, then you could read them into an array and then fetch each of the files one by one using file_get_contents() or similar.

[bradgrafelman]

If FTP is the only protocol limitation, I would say rsync. If it isn't the only limitation, then I would say you need to explain what limitations you're working with rather than have us guess at them.

If you can get to the directory listing page over HTTP, the application 'wget' (common on most *nix servers) could be used to automatically fetch the directory listing and then download all links on the page.

[Ashley_Sheridan]

What about using something like WGET with the list of files in a text file as an argument?