php and ftp help

[jasper182]

Hi, I'm looking at doing some ftp stuff with php, and I was wondering if there is a good way to list the available files on a ftp server and allow the user to select one to open using php.  I've looked around, but have been unable to find much on this topic.  Thanks in advance.

[Fallen_angel]

well the list could probably be done with ftp_nlist  something like

[code]<?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
$contents = ftp_nlist($conn_id, ".");

// output $contents
var_dump($contents);

?> [/code]

however where to go from there I wouldn't be able to tell you without sitting there and tryign to do it for myself :)

this link may help you though http://au3.php.net/ftp it has a list of all the php ftp commands and describes in detail the usage of each

sorry if this wasn't much help but after you solved my issue for me I had to at least attempt to help :)

[jasper182]

I haven't seen the ftp_nlist command, but it does show some promise.  Thanks a lot, I'm glad we could help each other out on these.  ;)