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<refentry id="function.ftp-nlist">
 <refnamediv>
  <refname>ftp_nlist</refname>
  <refpurpose>Returns a list of files in the given directory</refpurpose>
 </refnamediv>
 <refsect1 role="description">
  &reftitle.description;
  <methodsynopsis>
   <type>array</type><methodname>ftp_nlist</methodname>
   <methodparam><type>resource</type><parameter>ftp_stream</parameter></methodparam>
   <methodparam><type>string</type><parameter>directory</parameter></methodparam>
  </methodsynopsis>
 </refsect1>
 <refsect1 role="parameters">
  &reftitle.parameters;
  <para>
   <variablelist>
    <varlistentry>
     <term><parameter>ftp_stream</parameter></term>
     <listitem>
      <para>
       The link identifier of the FTP connection.
      </para>
     </listitem>
    </varlistentry>
    <varlistentry>
     <term><parameter>directory</parameter></term>
     <listitem>
      <para>
       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. 
      </para>
     </listitem>
    </varlistentry>
   </variablelist>
  </para>
 </refsect1>
 <refsect1 role="returnvalues">
  &reftitle.returnvalues;
  <para>
   Returns an array of filenames from the specified directory on success or
   &false; on error.
  </para>
 </refsect1>
 <refsect1 role="examples">
  &reftitle.examples;
  <para>
   <example>
    <title><function>ftp_nlist</function> example</title>
    <programlisting role="php">
<![CDATA[
<?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);

?>
]]>  
    </programlisting>
    &example.outputs.similar;
    <screen>
<![CDATA[
array(3) {
  [0]=>
  string(11) "public_html"
  [1]=>
  string(10) "public_ftp"
  [2]=>
  string(3) "www"
]]>
    </screen>
   </example>
  </para>
 </refsect1>
 <refsect1 role="seealso">
  &reftitle.seealso;
  <para>
   <simplelist>
    <member><function>ftp_rawlist</function></member>
   </simplelist>
  </para>
 </refsect1>
</refentry>

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