The ftp_rawlist() function is an inbuilt function in PHP which returns a list of files with information like permissions, last modified the files from a specified directory on Remote server i.e. FTP Server.
Syntax:
ftp_rawlist( $ftp_connection, $directory, $recursive )
Parameters: This function accepts three parameters as mentioned above and described below:
- $ftp_connection: It is required parameter. It specifies the already existing FTP connection.
- $directory: It is required parameter. It specifies the path of the directory in remote server i.e. FTP server whose files information to be retrieved. ‘./’ is used for current directory, ‘../’ is used for parent directory of the current directory. It may include argument for LIST command.
- $recursive: It is optional parameter. It specifies whether LIST or LIST -R command to send to server. If sets TRUE then it sends LIST -R command. By default it sends LIST command.
Return Value:
- On Success: It returns an array whose each element corresponds to one line of text.
- On failure: It returns FALSE. In case like when invalid directory is passed.
Note:
- This function is available for PHP 4.0.0 and newer version.
- The following examples cannot be run on online IDE. So try to run in some PHP hosting server or localhost with proper ftp server name.
Example:
php
<?php // Connect to FTP server // Use a correct ftp server $ftp_server = "localhost" ;
// Use correct ftp username $ftp_username = "username" ;
// Use correct ftp password corresponding // to the ftp username $ftp_userpass = "password" ;
// Establishing ftp connection $ftp_connection = ftp_connect( $ftp_server )
or die ( "Could not connect to $ftp_server" );
if ( $ftp_connection ) {
echo "successfully connected to the ftp server!" ;
// Logging in to established connection with
// ftp username password
$login = ftp_login( $ftp_connection ,
$ftp_username , $ftp_userpass );
if ( $login ) {
// Checking whether logged in successfully
// or not
echo "<br>logged in successfully!" ;
// Storing data in $file_list
$file_list = ftp_rawlist( $ftp_connection , "/" );
// Printing raw array with print_r()
print_r( $file_list );
}
else {
echo "<br>login failed!" ;
}
// Closing connection
if (ftp_close( $ftp_connection )) {
echo "<br>Connection closed Successfully!" ;
}
} ?> |
Output:
Reference: https://www.php.net/manual/en/function.ftp-rawlist.php