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Get a Directory Listing as XML

Demonstrates the Chilkat Ftp2.GetXmlDirListing method, which retrieves a directory listing and returns the parsed entries as an XML document rooted at <remoteDir>, with a <file> element per entry. The only argument is the listing pattern; an empty string lists the current directory.

Tip: Code to parse the returned XML can be generated at Chilkat Tools.

Background: This is the parse-friendly listing: Chilkat has already interpreted the server's raw LIST output — whatever its format — into consistent XML with names, sizes, dates, and types as elements. That spares you from writing format-specific parsers and is the right choice when a program, rather than a person, consumes the listing. Load the result into a Chilkat.Xml object to iterate the entries.

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<?php

use Chilkat2\Ftp2;

// Demonstrates the Ftp2.GetXmlDirListing method, which returns a directory listing as a parsed
// XML document.  The only argument is the listing pattern; an empty string lists the current
// remote directory.

$ftp = new Ftp2();

$ftp->Hostname = 'ftp.example.com';
$ftp->Username = 'myFtpLogin';

// Normally you would not hard-code the password in source.  You should instead obtain it
// from an interactive prompt, environment variable, or a secrets vault.
$ftp->Password = 'myPassword';

try {
    $ftp->Connect();

    $ftp->ChangeRemoteDir('public_html');

    // The XML is rooted at <remoteDir>, with <file> elements for each entry.  This is easier to
    // parse programmatically than the raw text listing.
    $xml = $ftp->GetXmlDirListing('*.html');
} catch (\Chilkat2\Exception $e) {
    echo $e->getMessage(), "\n";
    exit;
}

echo $xml, "\n";

// The XML can be loaded into a Chilkat.Xml object for further processing.

try {
    $ftp->Disconnect();
} catch (\Chilkat2\Exception $e) {
    echo $e->getMessage(), "\n";
    exit;
}