ssh2_sftp

(PECL)

ssh2_sftp -- Initialize SFTP subsystem

Description

resource ssh2_sftp ( resource session )

Request the SFTP subsystem from an already connected SSH2 server.

Parameters

session

An SSH connection link identifier, obtained from a call to ssh2_connect().

Return Values

This method returns an SSH2 SFTP resource for use with all other ssh2_sftp_*() methods and the ssh2.sftp:// fopen wrapper.

Examples

Example 1. Opening a file via SFTP

<?php
$connection
= ssh2_connect('shell.example.com', 22);
ssh2_auth_password($connection, 'username', 'password');

$sftp = ssh2_sftp($connection);

$stream = fopen("ssh2.sftp://$sftp/path/to/file", 'r');
?>

See Also

ssh2_scp_recv()
ssh2_scp_send()