(PHP ActiveX) SSH Remote Shell Multiple Commands

Demonstrates how to start a shell on a remote SSH server, run a command, and retrieve the output, then run the next command, retrieve the output, etc.

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<?php

// This example assumes 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");

// This is the prompt we'll be expecting to find in
// the output of the remote shell.

$myPrompt = 'chilkat@ubuntu:~/workspace$';

// 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 10 seconds when reading responses..
$ssh->IdleTimeoutMs = 10000;

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

// Open a session channel.  (It is possible to have multiple
// session channels open simultaneously.)

$channelNum = $ssh->OpenSessionChannel();
if ($channelNum < 0) {
    print $ssh->LastErrorText . "\n";
    exit;
}

$termType = 'dumb';
$widthInChars = 120;
$heightInChars = 40;
// Use 0 for pixWidth and pixHeight when the dimensions
// are set in number-of-chars.
$pixWidth = 0;
$pixHeight = 0;
$success = $ssh->SendReqPty($channelNum,$termType,$widthInChars,$heightInChars,$pixWidth,$pixHeight);
if ($success != 1) {
    print $ssh->LastErrorText . "\n";
    exit;
}

// Start a shell on the channel:
$success = $ssh->SendReqShell($channelNum);
if ($success != 1) {
    print $ssh->LastErrorText . "\n";
    exit;
}

//  Run the 1st command in the remote shell, which will be to
//  "cd" to a subdirectory.
$success = $ssh->ChannelSendString($channelNum,'cd workspace\r\n','ansi');
if ($success != 1) {
    print $ssh->LastErrorText . "\n";
    exit;
}

// Retrieve the output.
$success = $ssh->ChannelReceiveUntilMatch($channelNum,$myPrompt,'ansi',1);
if ($success != 1) {
    print $ssh->LastErrorText . "\n";
    exit;
}

//  Display what we've received so far.  This clears
//  the internal receive buffer, which is important.
//  After we send the command, we'll be reading until
//  the next command prompt.  If the command prompt
//  is already in the internal receive buffer, it'll think it's
//  already finished...
$cmdOutput = $ssh->getReceivedText($channelNum,'ansi');
if ($ssh->LastMethodSuccess != 1) {
    print $ssh->LastErrorText . "\n";
    exit;
}

print $cmdOutput . "\n";

//  Run the 2nd command in the remote shell, which will be
//  to "ls" the directory.
$success = $ssh->ChannelSendString($channelNum,'ls\r\n','ansi');
if ($success != 1) {
    print $ssh->LastErrorText . "\n";
    exit;
}

// Retrieve and display the output.
$success = $ssh->ChannelReceiveUntilMatch($channelNum,$myPrompt,'ansi',1);
if ($success != 1) {
    print $ssh->LastErrorText . "\n";
    exit;
}

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

print $cmdOutput . "\n";

//  Start the final command in the remote shell.  This example
//  will send a "ls -l" command to retrieve the long format directory listing.
$success = $ssh->ChannelSendString($channelNum,'ls -l\r\n','ansi');
if ($success != 1) {
    print $ssh->LastErrorText . "\n";
    exit;
}

// Send an EOF.  This tells the server that no more data will 
// be sent on this channel.  The channel remains open, and
// the SSH client may still receive output on this channel.
$success = $ssh->ChannelSendEof($channelNum);
if ($success != 1) {
    print $ssh->LastErrorText . "\n";
    exit;
}

// Read whatever output may already be available on the
// SSH connection.  ChannelReadAndPoll returns the number of bytes
// that are available in the channel's internal buffer that
// are ready to be "picked up" by calling GetReceivedText
// or GetReceivedData.
// A return value of -1 indicates failure.
// A return value of -2 indicates a failure via timeout.

// The ChannelReadAndPoll method waits
// for data to arrive on the connection usingi the IdleTimeoutMs
// property setting.  Once the first data arrives, it continues
// reading but instead uses the pollTimeoutMs passed in the 2nd argument:
// A return value of -2 indicates a timeout where no data is received.

$pollTimeoutMs = 2000;
$n = $ssh->ChannelReadAndPoll($channelNum,$pollTimeoutMs);
if ($n < 0) {
    print $ssh->LastErrorText . "\n";
    exit;
}

// Close the channel:
$success = $ssh->ChannelSendClose($channelNum);
if ($success != 1) {
    print $ssh->LastErrorText . "\n";
    exit;
}

// Perhaps we did not receive all of the commands output.
// To make sure,  call ChannelReceiveToClose to accumulate any remaining
// output until the server's corresponding "channel close" is received.
$success = $ssh->ChannelReceiveToClose($channelNum);
if ($success != 1) {
    print $ssh->LastErrorText . "\n";
    exit;
}

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

print $cmdOutput . "\n";

// Disconnect
$ssh->Disconnect();

?>