SFTP Read Text File

Demonstrates how to open a text file on the SSH server and read text.

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<?php

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

$sftp = new COM("Chilkat.SFtp");

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

//  Set some timeouts, in milliseconds:
$sftp->ConnectTimeoutMs = 5000;
$sftp->IdleTimeoutMs = 15000;

//  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 != true) {
    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 != true) {
    print $sftp->lastErrorText() . "\n";
    exit;
}

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

//  Open a file for reading.

$handle = $sftp->openFile('myTest.txt','readOnly','openExisting');
if (is_null($handle)) {
    print $sftp->lastErrorText() . "\n";
    exit;
}

//  Assume the file we are reading contains the following text:
//  abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz1234567890ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
//  (in ANSI format -- i.e. one byte per char).

//  Read 26 bytes:

$sText = $sftp->readFileText($handle,26,'ansi');
if ($success != true) {
    print $sftp->lastErrorText() . "\n";
    exit;
}

//  Should print "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz"
print $sText . "\n";

//  Read the next 10 bytes.
$sText = $sftp->readFileText($handle,10,'ansi');
if ($success != true) {
    print $sftp->lastErrorText() . "\n";
    exit;
}

//  Should print "1234567890"
print $sText . "\n";

//  Read the next 26 bytes.
$sText = $sftp->readFileText($handle,26,'ansi');
if ($success != true) {
    print $sftp->lastErrorText() . "\n";
    exit;
}

//  Should print "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ"
print $sText . "\n";

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

print 'Success.' . "\n";
?>