PHP

Get FTP File Permissions

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_LANGUAGE_ example showing how to retrieve file permissions (via FTP) for each file in a remote directory. Chilkat2 PHP

<?php

use Chilkat2\Ftp2;

// This example requires the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
// See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

$ftp = new Ftp2();

// Set the various properties to establish the connection.
$ftp->Hostname = 'ftp.example.com';
$ftp->Username = 'login';
$ftp->Password = 'password';

// If SSL/TLS is required..
// See http://www.cknotes.com/determining-ftp2-connection-settings/
// for more information.
$ftp->AuthTls = true;
$ftp->PassiveUseHostAddr = true;

// Connect to the FTP server:
try {
    $ftp->ConnectOnly();

    // Authenticate with the FTP server.
    $ftp->LoginAfterConnectOnly();
} catch (\Chilkat2\Exception $e) {
    echo $e->getMessage(), "\n";
    exit;
}

// To get file permissions in UNIX format, disallow MSLD:
$ftp->AllowMlsd = false;

// To get file and sub-directory information, simply
// loop from 0 to ftp.GetDirCount() - 1
$i = 0;
$n = $ftp->GetDirCount();
if ($n < 0) {
    echo $ftp->LastErrorText, "\n";
    exit;
}

// Show the type of permissions information that is available.
// The two most common types are "mlsd" and "unix".  See the
// online reference documentation for more information.
if ($n > 0) {
    echo 'The permissions format is: ', $ftp->GetPermType(0), "\n";
}

while ($i < $n) {
    // Display the permissions and filename
    echo $ftp->GetPermissions($i), ' ', $ftp->GetFilename($i), "\n";

    $i = $i + 1;
}

// Assuming MLSD was possible, let's see the file permissions in MLSD format:
$ftp->AllowMlsd = true;

// Clear the directory cache so we're forced to re-fetch the directory listing:
$ftp->ClearDirCache();

$n = $ftp->GetDirCount();
if ($n < 0) {
    echo $ftp->LastErrorText, "\n";
    exit;
}

// Show the type of permissions information that is available.
// The two most common types are "mlsd" and "unix".  See the
// online reference documentation for more information.
if ($n > 0) {
    echo "----\n";
    echo 'The permissions format is: ', $ftp->GetPermType(0), "\n";
}

$i = 0;
while ($i < $n) {
    // Display the permissions and filename
    echo $ftp->GetPermissions($i), ' ', $ftp->GetFilename($i), "\n";

    $i = $i + 1;
}

$ftp->Disconnect();