SFTP Download to Local Filesystem

Demonstrates how to download a file from an SSH server to the local filesystem. There are no limitations on file size, and the file is streamed directly to the local filesystem.

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use chilkat();

#  Important: It is helpful to send the contents of the
#  sftp.LastErrorText property when requesting support.

$sftp = new chilkat::CkSFtp();

#  Any string automatically begins a fully-functional 30-day trial.
$success = $sftp->UnlockComponent("Anything for 30-day trial");
if ($success != 1) {
    print $sftp->lastErrorText() . "\n";
    exit;
}

#  Set some timeouts, in milliseconds:
$sftp->put_ConnectTimeoutMs(5000);
$sftp->put_IdleTimeoutMs(10000);

#  Connect to the SSH server.
#  The standard SSH port = 22
#  The hostname may be a hostname or IP address.

$hostname = "www.my-ssh-server.com";
$port = 22;
$success = $sftp->Connect($hostname,$port);
if ($success != 1) {
    print $sftp->lastErrorText() . "\n";
    exit;
}

#  Authenticate with the SSH server.  Chilkat SFTP supports
#  both password-based authenication as well as public-key
#  authentication.  This example uses password authenication.
$success = $sftp->AuthenticatePw("myLogin","myPassword");
if ($success != 1) {
    print $sftp->lastErrorText() . "\n";
    exit;
}

#  After authenticating, the SFTP subsystem must be initialized:
$success = $sftp->InitializeSftp();
if ($success != 1) {
    print $sftp->lastErrorText() . "\n";
    exit;
}

#  Open a file on the server:

$handle = $sftp->openFile("hamlet.xml","readOnly","openExisting");
if ($handle eq null ) {
    print $sftp->lastErrorText() . "\n";
    exit;
}

#  Download the file:
$success = $sftp->DownloadFile($handle,"c:/temp/hamlet.xml");
if ($success != 1) {
    print $sftp->lastErrorText() . "\n";
    exit;
}

#  Close the file.
$success = $sftp->CloseHandle($handle);
if ($success != 1) {
    print $sftp->lastErrorText() . "\n";
    exit;
}

print "Success." . "\n";