PHP

Download Multiple Files Matching Pattern

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The MGetFiles method can be called to download all files matching a wildcarded filename pattern. 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();

$ftp->Hostname = 'ftp.example.com';
$ftp->Username = 'myUsername';
$ftp->Password = 'myPassword';
$ftp->Port = 21;
$ftp->AuthTls = true;

// Connect and login to the FTP server.
try {
    $ftp->Connect();

    // Change to the remote directory where the files are located.
    // This step is only necessary if the files are not in the root directory
    // of the FTP account.
    $ftp->ChangeRemoteDir('qa');
} catch (\Chilkat2\Exception $e) {
    echo $e->getMessage(), "\n";
    exit;
}

// Download all files with filenames matching "*.txt";
// The files are downloaded into c:/temp/qa_output
$numFilesDownloaded = $ftp->MGetFiles('*.txt', 'c:/temp/qa_output');
if ($numFilesDownloaded < 0) {
    echo $ftp->LastErrorText, "\n";
    exit;
}

$ftp->Disconnect();

echo $numFilesDownloaded, " Files Downloaded!\n";