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Find the physical path of file

Hi

I've played around with code like this:

<?php
$conn_id = ftp_connect("xxx.com");
$login_result = ftp_login($conn_id, "user", "passw");
if ((!$conn_id) || (!$login_result)) {
echo "Ftp connection has failed!";
die;
} else {
echo "Connected";
}
$contents = ftp_nlist($conn_id, ".");
echo implode($contents,"/");
ftp_quit($conn_id);
?>

This code shows the files in a ftp-directory but I would also like to show the physical path to the individual files. Is this possible? Points to those who integrate the necessary code in the above.

Thanx,

Soren

speder

Asked: 2004-08-04

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2 Solutions

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Jaime OlivaresSoftware ArchitectCommented: 2004-08-04

I don't understand exactly what you want but I guess it is something like this (sorry, I can't test the script right now)

<?php
$conn_id = ftp_connect("xxx.com");
$login_result = ftp_login($conn_id, "user", "passw");
if ((!$conn_id) || (!$login_result)) {
echo "Ftp connection has failed!";
die;
} else {
echo "Connected";
}
$currentdir = ftp_pwd();
$contents = ftp_nlist($conn_id, ".");
$all = implode($contents,":");
$all = str_replace(":",":$currentdir",$all);
echo ($all);
ftp_quit($conn_id);
?>

spederAuthor Commented: 2004-08-04

I think this only returns the directory name. I would like it to return the physical path to the individual files. Like the asp-function Server.MapPath.

LVL 3

thecode101Commented: 2004-08-05

If the ftp user is set up to log in to the root directory on the server then the ftp_pwd() will return the entire phsyical directory of the file and Jaime's code should work.

spederAuthor Commented: 2004-08-05

I've probably used the wrong terms, but by physical path I mean for example "d:\inetpub\wwwroot\index.htm". If I have a ftp-login that starts in wwwroot, the ftp_pwd() would not return the whole path, or am I wrong?

LVL 3

thecode101Commented: 2004-08-05

Correct if your ftp user starts in wwwroot, ftp_pwd() will not return the whole path, but if you set the ftp login to start in d:\ it will return the whole path.

LVL 55

Jaime OlivaresSoftware ArchitectCommented: 2004-08-05

ftp_pwd does return physical directory, by example:

/var/apache/yourassigneddir/

spederAuthor Commented: 2004-08-05

Ok - so if I start in wwwroot is there a way to get the whole physical path anyway (the whole d:\inetpub\wwwroot)?

If not, I guess I would have to upload a asp-script to the server (this only targets iis-servers) and then afterwards read the script and see what it returns.

LVL 3

thecode101Commented: 2004-08-05

If the php command ftp_raw is working on the server you could try something like
ftp_raw ($conn_id,'pwd')
But I have not tested this because the function does not work with my version of php.

http://us2.php.net/manual/en/function.ftp-raw.php

spederAuthor Commented: 2004-08-09

This piece of code return the correct top folder list og files and folders for both linux- and windows server. I don't know if this can help:

<?php
$conn_id = ftp_connect("ftp.xxx.com");
$login_result = ftp_login($conn_id, "yyy", "zzz");
if ((!$conn_id) || (!$login_result)) {
echo "Ftp connection has failed!";
die;
} else {
echo "Connected";
}
$contents = ftp_nlist($conn_id, ".");
echo implode($contents,"/");
ftp_quit($conn_id);
?>

spederAuthor Commented: 2004-08-09

ups - wrong place.

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