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
