PHP Extension Requires Chilkat v11.0.0+

SFTP Read Directory Listing

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Demonstrates how to download a directory listing and iterate over the files. PHP Extension

<?php

include("chilkat.php");

$success = false;

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

//  Important: It is helpful to send the contents of the
//  sftp.LastErrorText property when requesting support.

$sftp = new CkSFtp();

//  Set some timeouts, in milliseconds:
$sftp->put_ConnectTimeoutMs(5000);
$sftp->put_IdleTimeoutMs(10000);

//  Connect to the SSH server.  
//  The standard SSH port = 22
//  The hostname may be a hostname or IP address.
$hostname = 'www.my-sftp-server.com';
$port = 22;
$success = $sftp->Connect($hostname,$port);
if ($success == false) {
    print $sftp->lastErrorText() . "\n";
    exit;
}

//  Authenticate with the SSH server.  Chilkat SFTP supports
//  both password-based authenication as well as public-key
//  authentication.  This example uses password authenication.
$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...
//  Paths starting with a slash are "absolute", and are relative 
//  to the root of the file system. Names starting with any other 
//  character are relative to the user's default directory (home directory).
//  A path component of ".." refers to the parent directory, 
//  and "." refers to the current directory. 
$handle = $sftp->openDir('.');
if ($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 handle for the directory listing.
$success = $sftp->CloseHandle($handle);
if ($success == false) {
    print $sftp->lastErrorText() . "\n";
    exit;
}

//  Iterate over the files.
$fileObj = new CkSFtpFile();
$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";
    print $fileObj->fileType() . "\n";
    print 'Size in bytes: ' . $fileObj->get_Size32() . "\n";
    print '----' . "\n";

    $i = $i + 1;
}

print 'Success.' . "\n";

?>