how to copy directories/files from a remote directory using php?

[kamill]

I have two server one is window server as "A" and another is Linux server as "B".

I have a directory on server "A" which contains several files and sub directories. I want to copy directories/files from server "A" to server "B" using php. I have control on both server but i want to run PHP script into Linux server "B".

As i am not good in file handling so please help me to get rid from this problem.

[Atli]

Hey.

To copy the files from server A, the files need to be made available to server B somehow. FTP, SMB, HTTP, or something like that.

Do you have the files shared in any way?
If yes, the how so?
If no, then you need to set something up.

[kamill]

Dear Atli,

Thanks for reply. Actually i want to use ftp related functions in below steps
1- Open ftp of server "A"
2-Open ftp of server "B"
3-Copy the content of "A" into "B"

I do not know this will work and if yes then how to implement this.

Regards,
Kamil

[jpr0325]

There are FTP functions available in PHP, which you can use to connect and get content from server.

$con = ftp_connect("server.name"); 
$login_result = ftp_login ($con, "username", "password"); 
ftp_get($con,'targetpath', 'sourcepath', FTP_BINARY);

[kamill]

Dear jpr0325

Thanks for reply but this script can copy files/dir from remote server ("server.name") to the local machine and i want to copy from remote server and want to upload into another server where i will run this script.

This will be helpful if you clear this script beacuse i have tried this but no luck.

Regards,
Kamil

[Atli]

Then what you need to do is

1. Open two FTP connections, one for each server
2. ftp_get the file from server A into either a temporary "buffer" file or a memory buffer (a simple variable should do)
3. ftp_put the file from your buffer to it's new location on server B.

Use the examples provided above and in the manual (the links I posted above), and this should be no problem.