(PHP ActiveX) SSH Execute Remote Commands

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Shows how to execute a command on an SSH server and retrieve the command output.

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

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

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

// Send some commands and get the output.
$strOutput = $ssh->quickCommand('df','ansi');
if ($ssh->LastMethodSuccess != 1) {
    print $ssh->LastErrorText . "\n";
    exit;
}

print '---- df ----' . "\n";
print $strOutput . "\n";

$strOutput = $ssh->quickCommand('echo hello world','ansi');
if ($ssh->LastMethodSuccess != 1) {
    print $ssh->LastErrorText . "\n";
    exit;
}

print '---- echo hello world ----' . "\n";
print $strOutput . "\n";

$strOutput = $ssh->quickCommand('date','ansi');
if ($ssh->LastMethodSuccess != 1) {
    print $ssh->LastErrorText . "\n";
    exit;
}

print '---- date ----' . "\n";
print $strOutput . "\n";

// --------------
// Sample output:

// 	---- df ----
// 	Filesystem    512-blocks      Used  Available Capacity  iused     ifree %iused  Mounted on
// 	/dev/disk2    2176716032 265736304 1910467728    13% 33281036 238808466   12%   /
// 	devfs                382       382          0   100%      662         0  100%   /dev
// 	map -hosts             0         0          0   100%        0         0  100%   /net
// 	map auto_home          0         0          0   100%        0         0  100%   /home
// 	/dev/disk3s2      374668    374668          0   100%    93665         0  100%   /Volumes/Google Chrome
// 
// 	---- echo hello world ----
// 	hello world
// 
// 	---- date ----
// 	Thu Dec 22 17:19:32 CST 2016

?>