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SCP Upload Contents of String to Remote File

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Demonstrates how to upload the contents of a string variable using the SCP protocol (Secure Copy Protocol over SSH). The text is uploaded to a file in specific remote directory. If the file did not already exist, it is created. If it already existed, it is overwritten.

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<?php

$success = 0;

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

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

// Connect to an SSH server:

// Hostname may be an IP address or hostname:
$hostname = 'www.some-ssh-server.com';
$port = 22;

$success = $ssh->Connect($hostname,$port);
if ($success != 1) {
    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 != 1) {
    print $ssh->LastErrorText . "\n";
    exit;
}

// Once the SSH object is connected and authenticated, we use it
// as the underlying transport in our SCP object.
$scp = new COM("Chilkat.Scp");

$success = $scp->UseSsh($ssh);
if ($success != 1) {
    print $scp->LastErrorText . "\n";
    exit;
}

$content = 'This string will be the contents of the remote file.';
$remotePath = 'uploads/text/testUtf8.txt';

// The utf-8 byte representation of the string will be uploaded.
// See https://www.chilkatsoft.com/p/p_463.asp for a list of valid charsets.
$charset = 'utf-8';

// This uploads to the "uploads/text" directory relative to the HOME
// directory of the SSH user account.  
// Note: The remote target directory must already exist on the SSH server.
$success = $scp->UploadString($remotePath,$content,$charset);
if ($success != 1) {
    print $scp->LastErrorText . "\n";
    exit;
}

$remotePath = 'uploads/text/testUtf8_withBOM.txt';

// To include the utf-8 preamble (also known as the BOM),
// prefix the charset name with "bom:".  Any charset that can 
// optionally include a BOM can be specified in this way.
$charset = 'bom:utf-8';

// Uploads to a remote file that contains text in the 
// utf-8 representation, including the BOM at the start of the file.
$success = $scp->UploadString($remotePath,$content,$charset);
if ($success != 1) {
    print $scp->LastErrorText . "\n";
    exit;
}

print 'SCP upload string success.' . "\n";

// Disconnect
$ssh->Disconnect();

?>