Not really a PHP question - more an FTP protocol question - try reading the FTP RFC at http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc959.txt
However, in a nutshell, to get all of the files in a directory - 1. get a listing of that directory (read the RFC for instructions) and store the filenames in an array. 2. go through the array using a foreach - to 'RETR' each file. HTH Danny. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jose Arce" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, July 04, 2002 8:33 PM Subject: [PHP] FTP routine > Hi, i'm making a script to donwload files from a ftp server to the server > hosting the script, but i don't know how to download all the files from a > directory. I'm using the file system functions to conect to the ftp server, > because the ftp functions in php does not always work, and, actually they > suck > > @fputs($conexion,"RETR file.zip\r\n"); > echo @fgets($conexion,256); > echo "<br>" ; > > I think that works, but i don't know how to retrive all the files from a > directory. Also (ppff!! thats a lot of questions) some people say i can > resume these downloads when i use fsockopen...is that true?. Oh yes, i > almost forgot, when downloading large files, the script dies, is there a > chance to let the script die, but the process can go on, and when it's > finished send a email or something telling me that it transfer the files? > > Thx :D > > PD: English is not my languaje, sorry ñ_ñ > > > _________________________________________________________________ > MSN. Más Útil cada Día. http://www.msn.es/intmap/ > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
