ssh2_sftp

sandipshah at vthrive dot com (2009-11-16 15:05:51)

In
$stream = fopen("ssh2.sftp://$sftp/path/to/file", 'r');
please make sure that you are specifying the "absolute" path to a file.
If not, you'll get errors like
"Unable to open file ..."
The reasoning is simple ... ssh2.sftp://$sftp points to the "root" directory on the remote server, where, most likely, one does not have access.
It is necessary to point it to your "home" directory. For example, "ssh2.sftp://$sftp/home/username/filename" ... where "/home/username" is where your home directory is.

bas weerman (2008-07-08 15:13:03)

I changed the read function to:
public function receiveFile($remote_file, $local_file)
{
$sftp = $this->sftp;
$stream = @fopen("ssh2.sftp://$sftp$remote_file", 'r');
if (! $stream)
throw new Exception("Could not open file: $remote_file");
$size = $this->getFileSize($remote_file);
$contents = '';
$read = 0;
$len = $size;
while ($read < $len && ($buf = fread($stream, $len - $read))) {
$read += strlen($buf);
$contents .= $buf;
}
file_put_contents ($local_file, $contents);
@fclose($stream);
}
public function getFileSize($file){
$sftp = $this->sftp;
return filesize("ssh2.sftp://$sftp$file");
}

tom at r dot je (2008-07-02 09:33:02)

Not sure if this is a bug of some kind of security feature.

When reading files using ssh2.sftp anything inside php tags is inexplicably stripped.

foo.php
one
<?
echo 'two';
?>
echo 'three';

$stream = fopen("ssh2.sftp://$sftp$file", 'r');
echo filesize("ssh2.sftp://$sftp$file"); //CORRECT
echo fread($stream, filesize("ssh2.sftp://$sftp$file")); //prints "onethree"

Not sure why this happens and haven't found a workaround.

bas weerman (2008-05-14 00:22:35)

I added some functionality for scanning the filesystem and receiving and deleting files.
class SFTPConnection
{
private $connection;
private $sftp;
public function __construct($host, $port=22)
{
$this->connection = @ssh2_connect($host, $port);
if (! $this->connection)
throw new Exception("Could not connect to $host on port $port.");
}
public function login($username, $password)
{
if (! @ssh2_auth_password($this->connection, $username, $password))
throw new Exception("Could not authenticate with username $username " . "and password $password.");
$this->sftp = @ssh2_sftp($this->connection);
if (! $this->sftp)
throw new Exception("Could not initialize SFTP subsystem.");
}
public function uploadFile($local_file, $remote_file)
{
$sftp = $this->sftp;
$stream = @fopen("ssh2.sftp://$sftp$remote_file", 'w');
if (! $stream)
throw new Exception("Could not open file: $remote_file");
$data_to_send = @file_get_contents($local_file);
if ($data_to_send === false)
throw new Exception("Could not open local file: $local_file.");
if (@fwrite($stream, $data_to_send) === false)
throw new Exception("Could not send data from file: $local_file.");
@fclose($stream);
}

function scanFilesystem($remote_file) {
$sftp = $this->sftp;
$dir = "ssh2.sftp://$sftp$remote_file";
$tempArray = array();
$handle = opendir($dir);
// List all the files
while (false !== ($file = readdir($handle))) {
if (substr("$file", 0, 1) != "."){
if(is_dir($file)){
// $tempArray[$file] = $this->scanFilesystem("$dir/$file");
} else {
$tempArray[]=$file;
}
}
}
closedir($handle);
return $tempArray;
}
public function receiveFile($remote_file, $local_file)
{
$sftp = $this->sftp;
$stream = @fopen("ssh2.sftp://$sftp$remote_file", 'r');
if (! $stream)
throw new Exception("Could not open file: $remote_file");
$contents = fread($stream, filesize("ssh2.sftp://$sftp$remote_file"));
file_put_contents ($local_file, $contents);
@fclose($stream);
}

public function deleteFile($remote_file){
$sftp = $this->sftp;
unlink("ssh2.sftp://$sftp$remote_file");
}
}

duke1 at drakkon dot net (2008-04-23 08:38:55)

if anyone is interested on how to get a directory listing:
$SSH_CONNECTION= ssh2_connect('shell.example.com', 22);
ssh2_auth_password($SSH_CONNECTION, 'username', 'password');
//-------------------------------------------------------------------
//this function finds all files within given directory and returns them
function scanFilesystem($dir) {
$tempArray = array();
$handle = opendir($dir);
// List all the files
while (false !== ($file = readdir($handle))) {
if (substr("$file", 0, 1) != "."){
if(is_dir($file)){
$tempArray[$file]=scanFilesystem("$dir/$file");
} else {
$tempArray[]=$file;
}
}
}
closedir($handle);
return $tempArray;
}
//-------------------------------------------------------------------
$sftp = ssh2_sftp($SSH_CONNECTION);
//code to get listing of all OUTGOING files
$dir = "ssh2.sftp://$sftp/outgoing";
$outgoing = scanFilesystem($dir);
sort($outgoing);
print_r($outgoing);

Curtis Wyatt (2008-01-28 07:58:55)

The sftp class provided by David Barnes works great.  However, if you get errors about fopen and it failing to open a stream, try the fully qualified path on the remote server.

For example, if you are uploading a file to /Users/username/Sites/file.txt this may not work:

<?php
try {
    $sftp = new SFTPConnection("localhost", 22);
    $sftp->login("username", "password");
    $sftp->uploadFile("/tmp/to_be_sent", "Sites/file.txt");
}
catch (Exception $e) {
    echo $e->getMessage() . "\n";
}
?>

but this will:

<?php
try {
    $sftp = new SFTPConnection("localhost", 22);
    $sftp->login("username", "password");
    $sftp->uploadFile("/tmp/to_be_sent", "/Users/username/Sites/file.txt");
}
catch (Exception $e) {
    echo $e->getMessage() . "\n";
}
?>

Don't assume that since you are connecting as that user that you are starting in its home space.

Another possible option is that you need to use http://us.php.net/manual/en/function.ssh2-sftp-mkdir.php first to make the directory if it does not exist already, and then upload the file into it.

David Barnes (2006-11-15 15:08:39)

Here is an example of how to send a file with SFTP:

<?php

class SFTPConnection
{
    private $connection;
    private $sftp;

    public function __construct($host, $port=22)
    {
        $this->connection = @ssh2_connect($host, $port);
        if (! $this->connection)
            throw new Exception("Could not connect to $host on port $port.");
    }

    public function login($username, $password)
    {
        if (! @ssh2_auth_password($this->connection, $username, $password))
            throw new Exception("Could not authenticate with username $username " .
                                "and password $password.");

        $this->sftp = @ssh2_sftp($this->connection);
        if (! $this->sftp)
            throw new Exception("Could not initialize SFTP subsystem.");
    }

    public function uploadFile($local_file, $remote_file)
    {
        $sftp = $this->sftp;
        $stream = @fopen("ssh2.sftp://$sftp$remote_file", 'w');

        if (! $stream)
            throw new Exception("Could not open file: $remote_file");

        $data_to_send = @file_get_contents($local_file);
        if ($data_to_send === false)
            throw new Exception("Could not open local file: $local_file.");

        if (@fwrite($stream, $data_to_send) === false)
            throw new Exception("Could not send data from file: $local_file.");

        @fclose($stream);
    }
}

try
{
    $sftp = new SFTPConnection("localhost", 22);
    $sftp->login("username", "password");
    $sftp->uploadFile("/tmp/to_be_sent", "/tmp/to_be_received");
}
catch (Exception $e)
{
    echo $e->getMessage() . "\n";
}

?>