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Bug #16057 ftp_nlist() and ftp_rawlist() return nothing
Submitted: 2002-03-14 02:23 UTC Modified: 2004-09-06 14:57 UTC
Votes:19
Avg. Score:4.6 ± 0.7
Reproduced:18 of 18 (100.0%)
Same Version:14 (77.8%)
Same OS:16 (88.9%)
From: ryan at wonko dot com Assigned:
Status: Not a bug Package: FTP related
PHP Version: 4.1.2 OS: Windows 2000 Advanced Server
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [2002-03-14 02:23 UTC] ryan at wonko dot com 
In the Windows build of PHP 4.1.1, the ftp_nlist() and ftp_rawlist() functions return absolutely nothing. The following script works just fine in PHP 4.1.1 on Linux, but fails under Windows, no matter what FTP server you try to connect to:

<?php
$conn = ftp_connect("ftp.kernel.org");
ftp_login($conn, "anonymous", "anon@anon.com");
$nlist = ftp_nlist($conn, "");
$rawlist = ftp_rawlist($conn, "");

echo "<pre>";
print_r($nlist);
print_r($rawlist);
echo "</pre>";
?>

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 [2002-04-02 13:39 UTC] sander@php.net 
Dupe of 13913
 [2002-08-16 10:03 UTC] iliaa@php.net 
Thank you for your bug report. This issue has already been fixed
in the latest released version of PHP, which you can download at 
http://www.php.net/downloads.php

This issue appears to be fixed in the latest CVS. You can grab a snapshot of it here: http://snaps.php.net/win32/
 [2003-12-12 16:19 UTC] pdavis at pobox dot com 
PHP 4.3.3 seems to be showing the same problem. When trying to connect to my own FTP server (Windows/IIS) and checking the FTP log file, it seems that the login and CWD are successful but no directory request ever comes through.

I moved the code over to a Linux server and connected to the IIS FTP server that I was originally trying to connect to and everything worked fine.
 [2003-12-16 04:55 UTC] mnares at cox dot net 
This issue is still not fixed...I am running PHP 4.3.3 on Windows XP SP 1, and I still get this error.
 [2003-12-23 14:35 UTC] mfeldNOSPAMPLEASE at mftronic dot de 
I'm using PHP 4.3.2 on WinXP SP1, and when using the ftp_Xlist() functions, it sometimes works and sometimes not (returns bool(false)) - almost randomly.
Inserting a "var_dump()" has sometimes increased my chances that such a call works, like

$dirlist = ftp_rawlist($conn_id, "");
var_dump($dirlist);
 [2004-01-10 13:19 UTC] bug at nexus-zone dot com 
same problem apears on version 4.3.4
will it ever work?
 [2004-01-13 09:03 UTC] sean at abcvoice dot com 
Hate to be a "Me Too" poster, but:
OS: Windows XP (SP1)
PHP: 4.3.2

When connecting to an FTP and getting a rawlist, if I'm getting the root directory and it contains a colon (:) then rawlist (and nlist) return nothing. If I'm getting a rawlist of something in a subdirectory of root (even if root contains a colon) then it works every time.
 [2004-01-14 09:26 UTC] orlax at gmx dot net 
It's fixed in ver. 5. Works fine with windows + iss + ftp.
 [2004-01-21 13:50 UTC] bo at sgmbiotech dot com 
This issue is not fixed in 4.3.4 on IIS5, connecting to remote microsoft FTP server. 

Interesting note: these functions work fine if logged into a domain with administrator rights.  When logged in as a regular user the functions return false.  However, ftp_put and ftp_get  all work fine....the problem is only when listing directories.  I fail to see how user rights external to IIS should have any impact these particular functions, but somehow they do.
 [2004-02-06 01:32 UTC] phpbugs at psychicsms dot com dot au 
Same here. When I run as Administrator I can execute ftp_rawlist(). When I run as a user, I cannot.
 [2004-02-12 16:57 UTC] pollita@php.net 
As already stated in other duplicates of this bug report.  ftp_(n)list requires write permissions to the system's tempoarary directory.  IIS's default installation does not include this in the permissions for IUSR.  The bug is in system configuration, not PHP.
 [2004-09-06 14:54 UTC] henkoooo at hotmail dot com 
Me too!
FTP:ServU build 4.0.0.4
OS:Windows 2000 Server
 [2004-09-06 14:57 UTC] tony2001@php.net 
Re-read last comment by pollita.

Not a PHP bug (additionaly, it's a duplicate) -> bogus.
 [2004-09-27 00:04 UTC] Tommy at kak-networks dot net 
Why dont the devels just fix this prob in 4.x?
 [2004-09-28 20:42 UTC] pcatlin at plus dot com 
Took a while but have now figured out a work around for this VERY annoying little problem.

PHP or IIS tries to write a temporary file, but NOT in the c:\windows\temp folder.  It writes this file in the C:\ root.  With permissions set to allow which ever user PHP is running as access to write this file, ftp_nlist will work.

It tries to write a file called c:\t3lo

Hope this is useful to other people stuck on this. :)
 
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