ftp - Separate file & directories in PHP

Question

PHP code used for listing the files and directories.

$buff = ftp_nlist($conn_id,$dir );

$buff is an array of both files & directories.

Is there a way to get 2 seperate arrays , 1 contains just files and other just directories.

Answer 1

From the documentation:

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.

So perform ftp_nlist twice: once providing arguments that give you only files, and then providing arguments that give you only directories. This will rely on the system where the FTP server sites.

Alternatively, you can employ this more verbose solution that uses ftp_chdir, or this one that uses ftp_size.