I am trying to find a function for FTP server that will resemble is_dir in PHP. It looks like ftp_nlist may do the job but it looks clumsy to me. Maybe there is another way to the result?
I don’t want to use ftp_nlist.
if ((ftp_nlist($conn_id, $dir) !== false) {
echo “It is directory”;
}
else {
echo “It is NOT directory”;
}
Well, if you use ftp_rawlist, instead of nlist, you can use this:
# Check if the file is directory.
$isDir = ftp_size($ftpStream, $fileName) === -1 ? true : false;
If you look at php.net and the ftp_rawlist funciton, there is an example that pulls the remote directory list and shows it as directory:file and you can use this function to see which is a directory. Bascially this way, you can create an array of the recursive folder structure on the remote site.
Hope this helps…
There’s nothing built in. This makes sense if you think about it; connecting to an FTP server is a network request which will not be as quick as a local function call, so the functions you have to work with are geared towards getting large amounts of information at once.
Hello mini_me.
I think the functionality you are thinking about might already be supported by PHP, here’s a quick browse through stack overflow:
The basic idea is to call is_dir on a ftp URL.
Well, that basically will check if the count of the folder return equals one. This should work although not really a is_dir function. But, I always think if it works, use it. So, ether way will work for you!