When running from script the function may require ftp_pasv, for swithching server to pasive mode.
If you are behind firewall ftp_mlsd will return FALSE otherwise.
ftp_mlsd
(PHP 7 >= 7.2.0, PHP 8)
ftp_mlsd — Returns a list of files in the given directory
Description
ftp_mlsd(resource
$ftp, string $directory): array|falseParameters
-
ftp -
The link identifier of the FTP connection.
-
directory -
The directory to be listed.
Return Values
Returns an array of arrays with file infos from the specified directory on success or
false on error.
Examples
Example #1 ftp_mlsd() example
<?php
// set up basic connection
$conn_id = ftp_connect($ftp_server);
// login with username and password
$login_result = ftp_login($conn_id, $ftp_user_name, $ftp_user_pass);
// get contents of the current directory
$contents = ftp_mlsd($conn_id, ".");
// output $contents
var_dump($contents);
?>
The above example will output something similar to:
array(5) {
[0]=>
array(8) {
["name"]=>
string(1) "."
["modify"]=>
string(14) "20171212154511"
["perm"]=>
string(7) "flcdmpe"
["type"]=>
string(4) "cdir"
["unique"]=>
string(11) "811U5740002"
["UNIX.group"]=>
string(2) "33"
["UNIX.mode"]=>
string(4) "0755"
["UNIX.owner"]=>
string(2) "33"
}
[1]=>
array(8) {
["name"]=>
string(2) ".."
["modify"]=>
string(14) "20171212154511"
["perm"]=>
string(7) "flcdmpe"
["type"]=>
string(4) "pdir"
["unique"]=>
string(11) "811U5740002"
["UNIX.group"]=>
string(2) "33"
["UNIX.mode"]=>
string(4) "0755"
["UNIX.owner"]=>
string(2) "33"
}
[2]=>
array(8) {
["name"]=>
string(11) "public_html"
["modify"]=>
string(14) "20171211171525"
["perm"]=>
string(7) "flcdmpe"
["type"]=>
string(3) "dir"
["unique"]=>
string(11) "811U5740525"
["UNIX.group"]=>
string(2) "33"
["UNIX.mode"]=>
string(4) "0755"
["UNIX.owner"]=>
string(2) "33"
}
[3]=>
array(8) {
["name"]=>
string(10) "public_ftp"
["modify"]=>
string(14) "20171211174536"
["perm"]=>
string(7) "flcdmpe"
["type"]=>
string(3) "dir"
["unique"]=>
string(11) "811U57405EE"
["UNIX.group"]=>
string(2) "33"
["UNIX.mode"]=>
string(4) "0755"
["UNIX.owner"]=>
string(2) "33"
}
[4]=>
array(8) {
["name"]=>
string(3) "www"
["modify"]=>
string(14) "www"
["perm"]=>
string(7) "flcdmpe"
["type"]=>
string(3) "dir"
["unique"]=>
string(11) "811U5740780"
["UNIX.group"]=>
string(2) "33"
["UNIX.mode"]=>
string(4) "0755"
["UNIX.owner"]=>
string(2) "33"
}
}
See Also
- ftp_rawlist() - Returns a detailed list of files in the given directory
- ftp_nlist() - Returns a list of files in the given directory
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