FTP- How to get file?

[raysefo]

Hi,

 

Hi,

I am getting files from FTP as follows:

 

$homepage = file_get_contents('ftp://usr:pass@111.11.111.111:111/a/b/test-wins_6-40-1010.txt');

 

I wonder if there is a way to get the files according to the creation date or modification date?

or if it is NOT possible, can I somehow get the file name and get the 6-40-1010 portion as follows?
6-40
1010

[cpd]

You can use the ftp functions (http://php.net/ftp) to list the files in the current working directory. You'd then be able to parse the file names and create some sort of order. Finally, you can retrieve each file in that order. 

 

Similarly, you could retrieve the last modified time using http://php.net/ftp_mdtm and order the files using that. The last step would be the same.

 

Why do you want to do this?

[raysefo]

Hi,

 

My problem is there are couple of files on this FTP and increasing everyday. I need to get the closest file which is created/modified today. The other files are irrelevant.

[cpd]

You'll need to cycle through every file every time in that case. 

 

Alternatively, if you can store the last file used and you know how the file names increment, you can implement an algorithm to "guess" the next file name and search for it. If that fails you can fallback to parsing every file name.

 

If you can be sure the file name will end the same as your example then go with the http://php.net/ftp_rawlist function and search for the most recent file. This method depends on the file name though, and assumes the file naming convention will be continuous.

Edited June 4, 2013 by cpd