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ssh2_sftp

(PECL ssh2 >= 0.9.0)

ssh2_sftpInitialize SFTP subsystem


Description

ssh2_sftp ( resource $session ) : resource|false

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, or FALSE on failure.


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

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