PHP ActiveX

SSH Commands to Cisco Switch

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Demonstrates how to establish an SSH session with a Cisco switch (or something similar) and send commands in a device console session. PHP ActiveX

<?php

$success = 0;

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

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

$success = $ssh->Connect('172.16.16.100',22);
if ($success != 1) {
    print $ssh->LastErrorText . "\n";
    exit;
}

// Authenticate using login/password:
$success = $ssh->AuthenticatePw('myLogin','myPassword');
if ($success != 1) {
    print $ssh->LastErrorText . "\n";
    exit;
}

// Start a shell session.
$channelNum = $ssh->QuickShell();
if ($channelNum < 0) {
    print $ssh->LastErrorText . "\n";
    exit;
}

// If the CISCO switch returns a prompt with "#", then read until we get the prompt.
// (It's not actually required that we do this, but it helps to know that all is OK at this point..)
$success = $ssh->ChannelReceiveUntilMatch($channelNum,'#','utf-8',1);
if ($success != 1) {
    print $ssh->LastErrorText . "\n";
    exit;
}

// Show what we received so far:
print $ssh->getReceivedText($channelNum,'utf-8') . "\n";

// Send a "show clock" command.
$success = $ssh->ChannelSendString($channelNum,'show clock\n','utf-8');

// Read the output to the next interactive prompt.
$success = $ssh->ChannelReceiveUntilMatch($channelNum,'#','utf-8',1);
if ($success != 1) {
    print $ssh->LastErrorText . "\n";
    exit;
}

print $ssh->getReceivedText($channelNum,'utf-8') . "\n";

// Send another command and get the output, and so on...
$success = $ssh->ChannelSendString($channelNum,'some other command\n','utf-8');
$success = $ssh->ChannelReceiveUntilMatch($channelNum,'#','utf-8',1);
if ($success != 1) {
    print $ssh->LastErrorText . "\n";
    exit;
}

print $ssh->getReceivedText($channelNum,'utf-8') . "\n";

$ssh->Disconnect();

?>