(PHP ActiveX) SFTP Upload and Download to a StringBuilder Object

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Demonstrates how to SFTP upload from a Chilkat StringBuilder object, and download into a StringBuilder object.

Chilkat ActiveX Downloads ActiveX for 32-bit and 64-bit Windows Note: The php_com_dotnet.dll may need to be enabled inside of php.ini.

<?php

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

// For versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0, use new COM('Chilkat_9_5_0.Chilkat.SFtp')
$sftp = new COM("Chilkat.SFtp");

// Set some timeouts, in milliseconds:
$sftp->ConnectTimeoutMs = 5000;
$sftp->IdleTimeoutMs = 10000;

// Connect to the SSH server and then authenticate.
$port = 22;
$success = $sftp->Connect('MY-SSH-SERVER-DOMAIN-OR-IP',$port);
if ($success == 1) {
    $success = $sftp->AuthenticatePw('MY-SSH-LOGIN','MY-SSH-PASSWORD');
    if ($success == 1) {
        $success = $sftp->InitializeSftp();
    }

}

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

// For versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0, use new COM('Chilkat_9_5_0.Chilkat.StringBuilder')
$sbA = new COM("Chilkat.StringBuilder");
$sbA->LoadFile('qa_data/hamlet.xml','utf-8');

// Upload the contents of sbA to the SSH/SFTP server.
$bIncludeBOM = 0;
$remotePath = 'sftpTesting/hamlet.xml';
$success = $sftp->UploadSb($sbA,$remotePath,'utf-8',$bIncludeBOM);
if ($success != 1) {
    print $sftp->LastErrorText . "\n";
    exit;
}

// Download the file..
// For versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0, use new COM('Chilkat_9_5_0.Chilkat.StringBuilder')
$sbB = new COM("Chilkat.StringBuilder");
$success = $sftp->DownloadSb($remotePath,'utf-8',$sbB);
if ($success != 1) {
    print $sftp->LastErrorText . "\n";
    exit;
}

// Verify that sbA and sbB have the exact same contents.
print 'size of sbA: ' . $sbA->Length . "\n";
$bCaseSensitive = 1;
if ($sbA->ContentsEqualSb($sbB,$bCaseSensitive) == 1) {
    print 'Contents are equal. Success.' . "\n";
}
else {
    print 'Contents are NOT equal.  Failed.' . "\n";
}

$sftp->Disconnect();

?>