Version: 1.14
Type: Function
Category: File Management
License: GNU General Public License
Description: These functions let you easily mount a (windows) network share on your linux box.
function smb_connect($share, $localdir, $username="", $password="")
{
//this function is dependent of 'is_mounted()', also found here
//remember that mount can only be executed by the super-user,
//unless the mount command is already in etc/fstab with the
//'user' option enabled:see the manual entry for mount and/or fstab
$umount="umount ".$localdir;
$smbmount="smbmount ".$share." ". $localdir;
if($username != "")
{
$smbmount.=" -o username=".$username;
if($password != "")
$smbmount.=",password=".$password;
}
if(is_mounted($share))
RETURN TRUE;
else
{
exec($umount); //just to be sure
exec($smbmount); //try to mount it
if(is_mounted($share))
RETURN TRUE;
else
RETURN FALSE;
}
}
function smb_disconnect($dir)
{
exec("umount ".$dir);
}
function is_mounted($device)
{
exec("mount", $mounted);
for($i=0;$i<count($mounted);$i++)
{
$this_device=explode(" ", $mounted[$i]);
if($this_device[0] == $device)
$found=TRUE;
}
if($found)
RETURN TRUE;
else
RETURN FALSE;
}
