Make a Copy of a File on Remote SSH Server

Demonstrates how to make a copy of a file on a remote SSH server by running the "cp" command. This works if your server is Linux or Unix-based. For Windows-based servers, use the DOS "copy" command.

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<?php

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

$ssh = new COM("Chilkat.Ssh");

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

//  Connect to an SSH server:

//  Hostname may be an IP address or hostname:
$hostname = '192.168.1.117';
$port = 22;

$success = $ssh->Connect($hostname,$port);
if ($success != true) {
    print $ssh->lastErrorText() . "\n";
    exit;
}

//  Wait a max of 5 seconds when reading responses..
$ssh->IdleTimeoutMs = 5000;

//  Authenticate using login/password:
$success = $ssh->AuthenticatePw('myLogin','myPassword');
if ($success != true) {
    print $ssh->lastErrorText() . "\n";
    exit;
}

//  Open a session channel.  (It is possible to have multiple
//  session channels open simultaneously.)

$channelNum = $ssh->OpenSessionChannel();
if ($channelNum < 0) {
    print $ssh->lastErrorText() . "\n";
    exit;
}

//  In this example, we'll copy wine.html to wine2.html
//  The "cp" command has no output (i.e. nothing is written to
//  the standard output) so we'll include an "echo FINISHED"
//  so we can programmatically retrieve the output and close
//  the channel.  Closing the channel immediately after sending
//  the command is not good because w/ some SSH servers
//  it introduces a race condition where the command may not
//  be executed if the server thinks the client has disconnected.
$success = $ssh->SendReqExec($channelNum,'cp wine.html wine2.html && echo FINISHED');
if ($success != true) {
    print $ssh->lastErrorText() . "\n";
    exit;
}

//  Read the channel until we receive the FINISHED string.
$success = $ssh->ChannelReceiveUntilMatch($channelNum,'FINISHED','ansi',true);
if ($success != true) {
    print $ssh->lastErrorText() . "\n";
    exit;
}

//  Close the channel:
$success = $ssh->ChannelSendClose($channelNum);
if ($success != true) {
    print $ssh->lastErrorText() . "\n";
    exit;
}

//  Let's pickup the accumulated output of the command:
//  (In this case, it will be the string "FINISHED")

$cmdOutput = $ssh->getReceivedText($channelNum,'ansi');
if (is_null($cmdOutput)) {
    print $ssh->lastErrorText() . "\n";
    exit;
}

//  Display the remote shell's command output:
print $cmdOutput . "\n";

//  Disconnect
$ssh->Disconnect();
?>