ssh2_shell

Request an interactive shell

Description

resource ssh2_shell ( resource $session [, string $term_type = "vanilla" [, array $env [, int $width = 80 [, int $height = 25 [, int $width_height_type = SSH2_TERM_UNIT_CHARS ]]]]] )

Open a shell at the remote end and allocate a stream for it.

Parameters

session

An SSH connection link identifier, obtained from a call to ssh2_connect.

term_type

term_type should correspond to one of the entries in the target system's /etc/termcap file.

env

env may be passed as an associative array of name/value pairs to set in the target environment.

width

Width of the virtual terminal.

height

Height of the virtual terminal.

width_height_type

width_height_type should be one of SSH2_TERM_UNIT_CHARS or SSH2_TERM_UNIT_PIXELS.

Return Values

Examples

Example #1 Requesting an interactive shell

<?php
$connection 
ssh2_connect('shell.example.com'22);
ssh2_auth_password($connection'username''password');

$stream ssh2_shell($connection'vt102'null8024SSH2_TERM_UNIT_CHARS);
?>

See Also

  • ssh2_exec
  • ssh2_tunnel
  • ssh2_fetch_stream