want to download images from server - php

Question

I want to transfer site from shared hosting server to dedicated server.current server has folder,which includes approx. 16000 images...we can not use FTP to download these much images.and i do not have SSH rights? how can i download images from this shared hosting server.

Answer 1

we can not use FTP to download these much images
Nonsense. FTP (the protocol) is perfectly capable of downloading 16000 files. If your FTP program is causing you trouble, simply pick a better FTP program. If you can handle commandline applications, wget is nice, since it supports recursion and continuation.

Answer 2

Unless they are located within a directory that is within the web root of a web application server you are out of luck.

Answer 3

Zip them all, adapted from http://davidwalsh.name/create-zip-php
<?php
function create_zip($files = array(),$destination = '',$overwrite = false) {
//if the zip file already exists and overwrite is false, return false
if(file_exists($destination) && !$overwrite) { return false; }
//vars
$valid_files = array();
//if files were passed in...
if(is_array($files)) {
//cycle through each file
foreach($files as $file) {
//make sure the file exists
if(file_exists($file)) {
$valid_files[] = $file;
}
}
}
//if we have good files...
if(count($valid_files)) {
//create the archive
$zip = new ZipArchive();
if($zip->open($destination,$overwrite ? ZIPARCHIVE::OVERWRITE : ZIPARCHIVE::CREATE) !== true) {
return false;
}
//add the files
foreach($valid_files as $file) {
$zip->addFile($file,$file);
}
//debug
//echo 'The zip archive contains ',$zip->numFiles,' files with a status of ',$zip->status;
//close the zip -- done!
$zip->close();
//check to make sure the file exists
return file_exists($destination);
}
else
{
return false;
}
}
//glob images folder into an array
foreach (glob("*.jpg") as $filename) {
$files_to_zip[]='images/'.$filename;
}
//create the zip
$result = create_zip($files_to_zip,'my-images.zip');
if($result==true){echo'Download Images';
}else{
echo'Could not create zip';}
?>