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SFTP Simplified Upload

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Demonstrates how to upload a file to an SSH server in the simplest way -- by calling UploadFileByName and passing remote and local filepaths.

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<?php

include("chilkat.php");

$success = false;

// This example assumes the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
// See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

$sftp = new CkSFtp();

// Set some timeouts, in milliseconds:
$sftp->put_ConnectTimeoutMs(15000);
$sftp->put_IdleTimeoutMs(15000);

// Connect to the SSH server.  
// The standard SSH port = 22
// The hostname may be a hostname or IP address.
$hostname = 'sftp.example.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;
}

// Upload from the local file to the SSH server.
// Important -- the remote filepath is the 1st argument,
// the local filepath is the 2nd argument;
$remoteFilePath = 'hamlet.xml';
$localFilePath = 'c:/temp/hamlet.xml';

$success = $sftp->UploadFileByName($remoteFilePath,$localFilePath);
if ($success != true) {
    print $sftp->lastErrorText() . "\n";
    exit;
}

print 'Success.' . "\n";

?>