ftp_nlist

(PHP 4, PHP 5, PHP 7)

Returns a list of files in the given directory

array ftp_nlist ( resource $ftp_stream, string $directory )

Parameters:

ftp_stream

The link identifier of the FTP connection.

directory

The directory to be listed. This parameter can also include arguments, eg. ftp_nlist($conn_id, "-la /your/dir"); Note that this parameter isn't escaped so there may be some issues with filenames containing spaces and other characters.

Returns:

Returns an array of filenames from the specified directory on success or FALSE on error.

Examples:

ftp_nlist() example

<?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);
 
?>

The above example will output something similar to:

array(3) {
  [0]=>
  string(11) "public_html"
  [1]=>
  string(10) "public_ftp"
  [2]=>
  string(3) "www"