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Can you use ssh2_scp_recv in php to get a remote directory?

I am trying to use 

ssh2_scp_recv($connection, '/remote/directory', '/local/directory');

to get a remote directory, but I am getting the error:

Warning: ssh2_scp_recv(): Unable to receive remote file in /some-php-file.php on line 2.

It works if I use ssh2_scp_recv to get a single file.

Is this function supposed to work on directories? It wasn't clear from reading the docs.

Solution

  • You cannot use ssh2_scp_recv to get a directory. You can, however, use scandir using ssh2.sftp:// wrapper.

    http://php.net/manual/en/wrappers.ssh2.php

    Check this gist for an example credit for code to the gist owner danielbwa