ssh2_sftp
PHP function
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(PECL ssh2 >= 0.9.0)
Initialize SFTP subsystem
Description
ssh2_sftp(resource $session): resource|false
Request the SFTP subsystem from an already connected SSH2 server.
Parameters
sessionAn 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, Falseforfailure.
Examples
Opening a file via SFTP
php
<?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');
?>