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SFTP Sync Download Tree w/ Must-Match Directory Constraints

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Demonstrates how SFTP synchronize a directory tree in the download direction, but only entering directories matching a set of wildcard filenames.

Note: This example requires Chilkat v9.5.0.76 or greater.

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<?php

use Chilkat2\SFtp;

$sftp = new SFtp();

try {
    $sftp->Connect('my-ssh-server.com', 22);
    $sftp->AuthenticatePw('mySshLogin', 'mySshPassword');

    $sftp->InitializeSftp();
} catch (\Chilkat2\Exception $e) {
    echo $e->getMessage(), "\n";
    exit;
}

// Possible synchronization modes are:
// mode=0: Download all files
// mode=1: Download all files that do not exist on the local filesystem.
// mode=2: Download newer or non-existant files.
// mode=3: Download only newer files. If a file does not already exist on the local filesystem, it is not downloaded from the server.
// mode=5: Download only missing files or files with size differences.
// mode=6: Same as mode 5, but also download newer files.

// Only enter remote directories named either "data" or matching "x*"
$sftp->SyncMustMatchDir = 'data; x*';

// Imagine our remote directory tree has these files and directories:

//     accentedLatin1.txt
//     accentedUtf8.txt
//     alice.key
//     anter_cert.pem
//     chiliPepper.gif
//     helloWorld.pdf
//     abc/chiliPepper.gif
//     abc/ghk/
//     data/chiliPepper.gif
//     data/xyz/dkimHtmlBody.txt
//     data/xyz/dkimVerifyTest.eml
//     data/xyz/emailForCreateDsn.eml
//     text/frenchUtf8.txt
//     text/helloWorld.txt
//     text/PolishEmailBody.txt
//     text/something/

$remoteDir = 'syncDownloadTest/someDir';
$localDir = 'qa_output';
$mode = 0;
$recursive = true;
try {
    $sftp->SyncTreeDownload($remoteDir, $localDir, $mode, $recursive);
} catch (\Chilkat2\Exception $e) {
    echo $e->getMessage(), "\n";
    exit;
}

// The following files were downloaded:

// accentedLatin1.txt
// accentedUtf8.txt
// alice.key
// anter_cert.pem
// chiliPepper.gif
// helloWorld.pdf
// data/chiliPepper.gif
// data/xyz/dkimHtmlBody.txt
// data/xyz/dkimVerifyTest.eml
// data/xyz/emailForCreateDsn.eml

echo "Success.\n";