PHP Extension

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

include("chilkat.php");

$success = false;

//  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 CkFtp2();

$ftp->put_Hostname('ftp.example.com');
$ftp->put_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->put_Password('myPassword');

$success = $ftp->Connect();
if ($success == false) {
    print $ftp->lastErrorText() . "\n";
    exit;
}

$success = $ftp->ChangeRemoteDir('public_html');
if ($success == false) {
    print $ftp->lastErrorText() . "\n";
    exit;
}

//  The XML is rooted at <remoteDir>, with <file> elements for each entry.  This is easier to
//  parse programmatically than the raw text listing.
$xml = $ftp->getXmlDirListing('*.html');
if ($ftp->get_LastMethodSuccess() == false) {
    print $ftp->lastErrorText() . "\n";
    exit;
}

print $xml . "\n";

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

$success = $ftp->Disconnect();
if ($success == false) {
    print $ftp->lastErrorText() . "\n";
    exit;
}


?>