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FTP Iterate over Files in Directory Matching ListPattern

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Uses the ListPattern property to iterate over the files in a directory matching the pattern.

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<?php

include("chilkat.php");

$success = false;

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

$ftp = new CkFtp2();

$ftp->put_Hostname('ftp.example.com');
$ftp->put_Username('my_login');
$ftp->put_Password('my_password');
$ftp->put_Port(21);
$ftp->put_AuthTls(true);

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

// Change to the "images" sub-directory located under our FTP account's home directory.
$success = $ftp->ChangeRemoteDir('images');
if ($success != true) {
    print $ftp->lastErrorText() . "\n";
    exit;
}

$ftp->put_ListPattern('*.png');

// Fetch the current remote directory contents by calling GetDirCount
$n = $ftp->GetDirCount();
if ($n < 0) {
    print $ftp->lastErrorText() . "\n";
    exit;
}

$i = 0;

$sbLocalPath = new CkStringBuilder();

while ($i < $n) {
    $filename = $ftp->getFilename($i);
    print $filename . "\n";

    // Download this file.
    $sbLocalPath->SetString('qa_output/');
    $sbLocalPath->Append($filename);
    $success = $ftp->GetFile($filename,$sbLocalPath->getAsString());
    if ($success != true) {
        print $ftp->lastErrorText() . "\n";
        exit;
    }

    $i = $i + 1;
}


?>