ssh2_connect Connect to an SSH server resourcessh2_connect stringhost intport arraymethods arraycallbacks Establish a connection to a remote SSH server and return a resource on success, &false; on error. methods may be an associative array with up to four parameters as described below. Index Meaning Supported Values* kex List of key exchange methods to advertise, comma separated in order of preference. diffie-hellman-group1-sha1, diffie-hellman-group14-sha1, and diffie-hellman-group-exchange-sha1 hostkey List of hostkey methods to advertise, come separated in order of preference. ssh-rsa and ssh-dss client_to_server Associative array containing crypt, compression, and message authentication code (MAC) method preferences for messages sent from client to server. server_to_client Associative array containing crypt, compression, and message authentication code (MAC) method preferences for messages sent from client to server. * - Supported Values are dependent on methods supported by underlying library. See libssh2 documentation for additional information. Index Meaning Supported Values* crypt List of crypto methods to advertise, comma separated in order of preference. rijndael-cbc@lysator.liu.se, aes256-cbc, aes192-cbc, aes128-cbc, 3des-cbc, blowfish-cbc, cast128-cbc, arcfour, and none** comp List of compression methods to advertise, comma separated in order of preference. zlib and none mac List of MAC methods to advertise, come separated in order of preference. hmac-sha1, hmac-sha1-96, hmac-ripemd160, hmac-ripemd160@openssh.com, and none** For security reasons, none is disabled by the underlying libssh2 library unless explicitly enabled during build time by using the appropriate ./configure options. See documentation for the underlying library for more information. Index Meaning Prototype ignore Name of function to call when an SSH2_MSG_IGNORE packet is received void ignore_cb($message) debug Name of function to call when an SSH2_MSG_DEBUG packet is received void debug_cb($message, $language, $always_display) macerror Name of function to call when a packet is received but the message authentication code failed. If the callback returns &true;, the mismatch will be ignored, otherwise the connection will be terminated. bool macerror_cb($packet) disconnect Name of function to call when an SSH2_MSG_DISCONNECT packet is received void disconnect_cb($reason, $message, $language) 'diffie-hellman-group1-sha1', 'client_to_server' => array( 'crypt' => '3des-cbc', 'comp' => 'none'), 'server_to_client' => array( 'crypt' => 'aes256-cbc,aes192-cbc,aes128-cbc', 'comp' => 'none')); $callbacks = array('disconnect' => 'my_ssh_disconnect'); $connection = ssh2_connect('shell.example.com', 22, $methods, $callbacks); if (!$connection) die('Connection failed'); ?> ]]> Once connected, the client should verify the server's hostkey using ssh2_fingerprint, then authenticate using either password or public key. See Also: ssh2_fingerprint, ssh2_auth_none, ssh2_auth_password, and ssh2_auth_pubkey_file