php man page for ssh2_sftp

SSH2_SFTP(3)								 1							      SSH2_SFTP(3)

ssh2_sftp - Initialize SFTP subsystem

SYNOPSIS
       resource ssh2_sftp (resource  $session)

DESCRIPTION
	Request the SFTP subsystem from an already connected SSH2 server.

PARAMETERS
	      o $session
		- An SSH connection link identifier, obtained from a call to ssh2_connect(3).

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(3), ssh2_scp_send(3).

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