php man page for ftp_nlist

FTP_NLIST(3)								 1							      FTP_NLIST(3)

ftp_nlist - Returns a list of files in the given directory

SYNOPSIS
       array ftp_nlist (resource  $ftp_stream, string  $directory)

DESCRIPTION
PARAMETERS
	      o $ftp_stream
		- The link identifier of the FTP connection.

	      o $directory
		-  The directory to be listed. This parameter can also include arguments, eg. ftp_nlist($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.

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

EXAMPLES
       Example #1

	      ftp_nlist(3) 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"

SEE ALSO
       ftp_rawlist(3).

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