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Using the directoryIterator class to read remote directory

Hi,
I am using the class to get a list of file names on my localhost like this:

foreach ( new DirectoryIterator('c:/wamp/www/name/images/etc') as $file)
{
      if (!$file->isDot())
      {
            print $file->getFilename();
      }
}

All fine.

What I want to do is to read the same directory on a remote server - to make sure when I copied the files using FTP they were all done. However, when I try placing the path in the constructor like this:

foreach ( new DirectoryIterator('/home/sites/domainname.com/public_html/images/etc') as $file)
{
      if (!$file->isDot())
      {
            print $file->getFilename();
      }
}

I get errors. Is it not possible to do this?

Any help much appreciated!

Daisy

AlexanderR

Perhaps its a security restriction on the server. Do you HAVE to use full path? Can your class just accept "images/etc"?

daisydoos

ASKER

Hi Alexander,

Thanks for your response.

The thing is I want to compare the contents of the directory on localhost eg images/products and do the same on the remote server. If use images/products for the remote query, I am just pulling off the files on my local machine.

Any other thoughts on how I can do this?

Many thanks

Daisy

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daisydoos

ASKER

Hi Alexander,

That's great - thanks! I am using this ftp_nlist in conjunction with the directoryIterator to compare the 2 directories - all is well - many thanks,

Daisy