PHP cURL - How to upload folders?

Question

I have a simple PHP script that scans an entire directory and uploads all files. But I want it to upload the folders aswell. (and keep the folder structure) How do I do that?

My code:

$dir = 'Test/';

$di = new RecursiveDirectoryIterator($dir);

$ch = curl_init('https://website.com');
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL,'https://website.com');
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POST,1);

foreach (new RecursiveIteratorIterator($di) as $filename => $file) {

    echo $filename;
    $cFile = curl_file_create($filename);
    $post = array('file'=> $cFile);
    curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, $post);
    $result=curl_exec ($ch);
}

curl_close ($ch);

Community · Accepted Answer · 2023-11-17 20:33:26Z

1

You cannot upload just a directory, because it is not an information type that you can upload anywhere. However, there are few simplest approaches.

Approach 1

Send a directory name via cURL. For example:
$post = array('dir'=> $someDirectoryName);
On the other side just create a directory using PHP function mkdir

Remember to pass a path with your file to preserve the directory structure:
$post = array('file'=> $cFile, 'path' => $somePath);

Approach 2

Just pass a file path with your file data:
$post = array('file'=> $cFile, 'path' => 'dir1/subdir2/filename.ext');
On the other side parse 'path' and create all required directories.

Approach 3

Create an archive of your directory (for example, tar.gz) and upload that archive. On the other side just unpack the archive to the target directory.

edited Nov 17, 2023 at 20:33

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answered Apr 7, 2017 at 19:29

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