ssh2_auth_hostbased_file Authenticate using a public hostkey boolssh2_auth_hostbased_file resourcesession stringusername stringhostname stringpubkeyfile stringprivkeyfile stringpassphrase stringlocal_username Authenticate using a public hostkey read from a file. If privkeyfile is encrypted (which it should be), the passphrase must be provided. If local_username is omitted, then the value for username will be used for it. 'ssh-rsa')); if (ssh2_auth_hostbased_file($connection, 'remoteusername', 'myhost.example.com', '/usr/local/etc/hostkey_rsa.pub', '/usr/local/etc/hostkey_rsa', 'secret', 'localusername')) { echo "Public Key Hostbased Authentication Successful\n"; } else { die('Public Key Hostbased Authentication Failed'); } ?> ]]> ssh2_auth_hostbased_file requires libssh2 >= 0.7 and PHP/SSH2 >= 0.7