How to Install a WebDAV Server in PHP

How to install a webdav server in PHP

It's very simple.

• Download this package, and decompress it.
• The inc folder contains PEAR and the HTTP_WebDAV_Server class.
• Copy the inc folder and authenticate.php file in the include_path (see php.ini)
• Copy webdav.php file in the root of your site.

The authenticate.php file contains a digest authentification.

The webdav.php file create a webdav server

include_once("authenticate.php");

ini_set("error_reporting", "");

# Name of your restricted area
$realm = 'Restricted area Keyphrene';
$DBUSER = "your login";
$DBPWD = "your password";
$users = array($DBUSER => $DBPWD);
# With this authentication method, 
# your password is not readable when you use this service
AuthenticationDigestHTTP($realm, $users);
# AuthenticationBasicHTTP($realm, $users);

require_once "HTTP/WebDAV/Server/Filesystem.php";
$server = new HTTP_WebDAV_Server_Filesystem();
# Database configuration for the lock method
$server->db_host = $DBHOST;
$server->db_name = $DB_WEBDAV;
$server->db_user = $DBUSER;
$server->db_passwd = $DBPWD;
# Real path of your site
$server->ServeRequest($DOCUMENT_ROOT."/www/");

?>

To use this service, you must connect you at this adress http://mysite.org/webdav.php. You can configure a lot of access on your site. Becareful, if you must copy files on your server, you must use the good permissions with the FTP client.