PHP directory list from remote server

Question

How can i use opendir function to read the directory list of a remote server knowing its IP address?

Answer 1

For files/folders that are visible to the public you can do it with this script: No FTP, no strugglin. It will give you back all filenames in a remote folder. If you can open the folder with a browser, you can also read it with php. Happy leeching ;)

UPDATE: This only lists the files that are available for the public, for sure not files that are only visible for a certain user!

function get_text($filename) {

    $fp_load = fopen("$filename", "rb");

    if ( $fp_load ) {

            while ( !feof($fp_load) ) {
                $content .= fgets($fp_load, 8192);
            }

            fclose($fp_load);

            return $content;

    }
}


$matches = array();

preg_match_all("/(a href\=\")([^\?\"]*)(\")/i", get_text('http://www.xxxxx.com/my/cool/remote/dir'), $matches);

foreach($matches[2] as $match) {
    echo $match . '
';
}