How to make ftp_rawlist work recursivley on windows server

[2ndmouse]

I have written a script which allows me to monitor remote sites for file changes. It works great if the remote server is linux based and returns a recursive list of files from the entire web site.

However, if the remote server is windows based, I can only get it to return a list from the nominated directory (i.e. ftp_rawlist($conn_id, $root_dir, true), even though recursive is set to 'true'. I have tried various ListOptions, none of which will return a recursive list.

Am I wasting my time trying to achieve this? Can it be done on a windows server? If so, how?

Thanks for your time folks

[Cups]

Sorry, no exp of this but there are some ideas on the online manual page for ftp_rawlist - search the page for "windows".

[2ndmouse]

Thanks cups - I've already looked at that page - no help, I'm sorry to say.
If I find a solution I'll post it here. Still need help though.

cheers

[Cups]

Oh well, bumps your post up the list all the same ...

[2ndmouse]

Good point

[jgetner]

This was posted on the php.net site.

On my PC (XP and Apache installed) - ftp_rawlist (with Parameter true) does only print a folder list - no subfolders, no files.
So i created this recursive function that writes all filenames (incl. paths) to a array. I tested it on Mac, Linux and Windows - it works (as long as you don't use folders with spaces...). 
If you need more information: feel free to set more split[x]-Options and write them to the $files-array. 

<?php 
# the directory where ftp_rawlist starts 
$startdir = "example"; 

# optional Datatypefilter (leave blank if not needed) 
$suffix   = "gif,png,jpeg,pdf,php"; 
# ftp-login 
$ftp_server = ""; 
$ftp_user   = ""; 
$ftp_pw     = ""; 
$ftp_mode   = ""; 
$conn_id    = ftp_connect($ftp_server); 
ftp_login($conn_id, $ftp_user, $ftp_pw) OR die("<br>ftp-login failed"); 
ftp_pasv($conn_id, true); 

#********************************************************************* 
# create filelist (recursiv) 
#********************************************************************* 
$files    = array(); # must be defined here 
$files    = raw_list("$startdir"); 

#********************************************************************* 
# print result 
#********************************************************************* 
$i = 0; $count = count($files); 
while ($i < $count): 
  echo "$files[$i]<br>"; 
  $i++; 
endwhile; 
ftp_close($conn_id); 

#********************************************************************* 
# rawlist in recursive form (without parameter true!!!) 
#********************************************************************* 
function raw_list($folder) 
{ 
Global $conn_id; 
Global $suffix; 
Global $files; 
$suffixes = explode(",", $suffix); 
$list     = ftp_rawlist($conn_id, $folder); 
$anzlist  = count($list); 
$i = 0; 
while ($i < $anzlist): 
  $split    = preg_split("/[\s]+/", $list[$i], 9, PREG_SPLIT_NO_EMPTY); 
  $ItemName = $split[8]; 
  $endung   = strtolower(substr(strrchr($ItemName,"."),1)); 
  $path     = "$folder/$ItemName"; 
  if (substr($list[$i],0,1) === "d" AND substr($ItemName,0,1) != "."): 
#      array_push($files, $path); # write directory in array if desired 
     raw_list($path); 
  elseif (substr($ItemName,0,2) != "._" AND in_array($endung,$suffixes)): 
     array_push($files, $path); 
  endif; 
  $i++; 
endwhile; 
return $files; 
} 
?> 

Ueli, Zurich

[2ndmouse]

Thanks jgetner - I've already tried that. I could only get it to produce a blank page. The search continues

[jgetner]

Does ftp_rawlist return anything at all or just that single directory?.

[2ndmouse]

It returns details of all the files in the nominated directory, but folders are not listed nor their contents. It's a bit of a mythtery.

[2ndmouse]

This was posted on the php.net site.

On my PC (XP and Apache installed) - ftp_rawlist (with Parameter true) does only print a folder list - no subfolders, no files.
So i created this recursive function that writes all filenames (incl. paths) to a array. I tested it on Mac, Linux and Windows - it works (as long as you don't use folders with spaces...). 
If you need more information: feel free to set more split[x]-Options and write them to the $files-array. 

<?php 
# the directory where ftp_rawlist starts 
$startdir = "example"; 

# optional Datatypefilter (leave blank if not needed) 
$suffix   = "gif,png,jpeg,pdf,php"; 
# ftp-login 
$ftp_server = ""; 
$ftp_user   = ""; 
$ftp_pw     = ""; 
$ftp_mode   = ""; 
$conn_id    = ftp_connect($ftp_server); 
ftp_login($conn_id, $ftp_user, $ftp_pw) OR die("<br>ftp-login failed"); 
ftp_pasv($conn_id, true); 

#********************************************************************* 
# create filelist (recursiv) 
#********************************************************************* 
$files    = array(); # must be defined here 
$files    = raw_list("$startdir"); 

#********************************************************************* 
# print result 
#********************************************************************* 
$i = 0; $count = count($files); 
while ($i < $count): 
  echo "$files[$i]<br>"; 
  $i++; 
endwhile; 
ftp_close($conn_id); 

#********************************************************************* 
# rawlist in recursive form (without parameter true!!!) 
#********************************************************************* 
function raw_list($folder) 
{ 
Global $conn_id; 
Global $suffix; 
Global $files; 
$suffixes = explode(",", $suffix); 
$list     = ftp_rawlist($conn_id, $folder); 
$anzlist  = count($list); 
$i = 0; 
while ($i < $anzlist): 
  $split    = preg_split("/[\s]+/", $list[$i], 9, PREG_SPLIT_NO_EMPTY); 
  $ItemName = $split[8]; 
  $endung   = strtolower(substr(strrchr($ItemName,"."),1)); 
  $path     = "$folder/$ItemName"; 
  if (substr($list[$i],0,1) === "d" AND substr($ItemName,0,1) != "."): 
#      array_push($files, $path); # write directory in array if desired 
     raw_list($path); 
  elseif (substr($ItemName,0,2) != "._" AND in_array($endung,$suffixes)): 
     array_push($files, $path); 
  endif; 
  $i++; 
endwhile; 
return $files; 
} 
?> 

Ueli, Zurich

jgetner - thanks for making me take a 2nd look at the code at php.net. With some manipulation, I was able to get it to return an array which contains all the info I need, i.e. a recursive file list, with all file details. Amended code below - I've commented out the original code that I didn't need (works on linux too):

<?php 
# the directory where ftp_rawlist starts 
$startdir = "wwwroot"; 

# optional Datatypefilter (leave blank if not needed) 
//$suffix   = ""; 
# ftp-login 
$ftp_server = "ftp.domain.com"; 
$ftp_user   = "username"; 
$ftp_pw     = "password"; 
$ftp_mode   = "pasv"; 
$conn_id    = ftp_connect($ftp_server); 
ftp_login($conn_id, $ftp_user, $ftp_pw) OR die("<br>ftp-login failed"); 
ftp_pasv($conn_id, true); 

#********************************************************************* 
# create filelist (recursiv) 
#********************************************************************* 
$files    = array(); # must be defined here 
$files    = raw_list("$startdir");
echo '<pre>';
print_r($files);
echo '</pre>';
#********************************************************************* 
# print result 
#********************************************************************* 
/*
 $i = 0; $count = count($files); 
while ($i < $count): 
  echo "$files[$i]<br>"; 
  $i++; 
endwhile;
*/ 
ftp_close($conn_id); 

#********************************************************************* 
# rawlist in recursive form (without parameter true!!!) 
#********************************************************************* 
function raw_list($folder) 
{ 
Global $conn_id; 
//Global $suffix; 
Global $files; 
//$suffixes = explode(",", $suffix); 
$list     = ftp_rawlist($conn_id, $folder);

$anzlist  = count($list); 
$i = 0; 
while ($i < $anzlist): 
  $split    = preg_split("/[\s]+/", $list[$i], 9, PREG_SPLIT_NO_EMPTY);
  array_push($split, $folder);

  $ItemName = $split[8]; 
  //$endung   = strtolower(substr(strrchr($ItemName,"."),1)); 
  $path     = "$folder/$ItemName";  
  if (substr($list[$i],0,1) === "d" AND substr($ItemName,0,1) != "."):
      array_push($files, $split);
     //array_push($files, $path); # write directory in array if desired
     raw_list($path); 
  elseif (substr($ItemName,0,2) != "._" /*AND in_array($endung,$suffixes)*/): 
      array_push($files, $split);
     //array_push($files, $path);
  endif;
  $i++; 
endwhile;


return $files; 
} 
?>