This is a ftp files and folders browser. If you have many contents on your FTP, it could takes some time loading. Be pacient until the file tree and browser box on the right side will be loaded Search is cAsE iNsEnSiTiVe. If you need "case sensitive", you cand o it with PHP. When you write on the browse box, suggestions starting or containing your search will appear. This suggestions will be about files and directories onto your FTP. This browser doesn't allow make FTP operations such upload, delete or edit files. For that operations there are very good web FTP's on internet. Searching folders: There are 2 variables in 2 files which deal with this. You only have to change their value to indicate where the FTP has to browse. ftpbrowser.php $host: Contains the principal url value. You should add the folder where you have the ftpbrowser.php file. Demo is on http://www.mariodiges.com/ftpbrowser/ftpbrowser.php, so $host have to be $host=$_SERVER['HTTP_HOST']."/ftpbrowser"; $directory: FTP root directory, where you want the browser starts to browse. Normally will be /home/user/public_html, which is saved in $directory=$_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT']; or writting directly $directory="/home/user/public_html"; suggesstions.php $directory: Should be the same that in ftpbrowser.php