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SFTP Get File Date/Times in Different Formats

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Demonstrates how to get remote file date/times in different formats.

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<?php

include("chilkat.php");

$success = false;

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

$sftp = new CkSFtp();

// Connect to the SSH server.  
$hostname = 'my-sftp-server.com';
$port = 22;
$success = $sftp->Connect($hostname,$port);
if ($success == false) {
    print $sftp->lastErrorText() . "\n";
    exit;
}

// Authenticate with the SSH server. 
$success = $sftp->AuthenticatePw('myLogin','myPassword');
if ($success == false) {
    print $sftp->lastErrorText() . "\n";
    exit;
}

// After authenticating, the SFTP subsystem must be initialized:
$success = $sftp->InitializeSftp();
if ($success == false) {
    print $sftp->lastErrorText() . "\n";
    exit;
}

// Open a directory on the server...
// This example opens the "junk" directory located under the HOME directory of the SSH user account.
$handle = $sftp->openDir('junk');
if ($sftp->get_LastMethodSuccess() == false) {
    print $sftp->lastErrorText() . "\n";
    exit;
}

// Download the directory listing:

$dirListing = new CkSFtpDir();
$success = $sftp->ReadDirListing($handle,$dirListing);
if ($success == false) {
    print $sftp->lastErrorText() . "\n";
    exit;
}

// Close the directory handle
$success = $sftp->CloseHandle($handle);
if ($success == false) {
    print $sftp->lastErrorText() . "\n";
    exit;
}

// Iterate over the files.
// Examine each filename and indicate those that match *FICHERO*.pdf
// (i.e. the filename contains the word "FICHERO" and ends in ".pdf")
$fileObj = new CkSFtpFile();
$sbFilename = new CkStringBuilder();
$caseSensitive = false;
$bLocalDateTime = false;

$dt = new CkDateTime();
$i = 0;
$n = $dirListing->get_NumFilesAndDirs();
while ($i < $n) {

    $success = $dirListing->FileAt($i,$fileObj);
    if ($success == false) {
        print $dirListing->lastErrorText() . "\n";
        exit;
    }

    print $fileObj->filename() . "\n";

    // Get the last-modified date/time
    $dt->SetFromRfc822($fileObj->lastModifiedTimeStr());

    // Get the date/time in other formats offered by the CkDateTime object.

    // such as Wed, 18 Oct 2017 09:08:21 GMT
    print 'RFC822 format: ' . $dt->getAsRfc822($bLocalDateTime) . "\n";

    // such as 1990-12-31T23:59:60Z
    print 'Timestamp: ' . $dt->getAsTimestamp($bLocalDateTime) . "\n";

    // Such as: "02/16/2008 12:15:12"  where hour is 0 to 23.
    print 'RFC822 format: ' . $dt->getAsIso8601('MM/DD/YYYY hh:mm:ss',$bLocalDateTime) . "\n";

    $i = $i + 1;
}

print 'Success.' . "\n";

?>