#39458 [Com]: ftp_nlist returns false on empty directories

ID: 39458 Comment by: mspreij at gmail dot com Reported By: brain at eucoders dot com Status: Assigned Bug Type: FTP related Operating System: Rehat Linux PHP Version: 4.4.4 Assigned To: sesser New Comment: Seeing similar errors in PHP 5.1.6 on Ubuntu: - with (local) ftp server ProFTPD, ftp_nlist() returns false for both empty and non-existing directories. ftp_rawlist() behaves properly. - with external ftp server vsFTPd 2.0.1 (on RedHat), it returns proper empty array, but then that /also/ returns empty arrays for non-existing paths, should be boolean false? ftp_rawlist() does the same strange thing here: empty arrays for both empty and non-existing directories. Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2006-11-10 16:18:31] brain at eucoders dot com It appears that this problem appears on php 4.4.4 and also 4.3.2 version. Other versions should contain the same problem. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2006-11-10 14:20:22] brain at eucoders dot com The problem is that the developer cannot use this ftp_rawlist in case the directory do not exist. In that case, ftp_nlist will return false (unreliable result) and ftp_rawlist return Array() which is again unreliable. The best fix would be that ftp_nlist return false when the directory does not exist, and Array() when directory is empty. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2006-11-10 12:07:43] brain at eucoders dot com It seems that ftp_rawlist has the corrected behaviour and it is returning an empty array. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2006-11-10 12:06:11] brain at eucoders dot com ftp_nlist returns false on empty directories instead of empty array ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2006-11-10 12:04:54] brain at eucoders dot com Description: ------------ ftp_nlist returns false on empty directories ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=39458&edit=1