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assghard/php-ssh-helper
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PHP SSH helper to executing commands on server via SSH protocol. Library provides simply using of SSH under PHP

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PHP SSH helper to executing commands on server via SSH protocol
===============================================================

[](#php-ssh-helper-to-executing-commands-on-server-via-ssh-protocol)

Composer library which provides simply using of SSH under PHP

Pre requirements
----------------

[](#pre-requirements)

- PHP installed
- composer installed
- PHP extensions installed: php-mbstring, php-xml
- php-ssh2 installed (#sudo apt-get install php-ssh2)

Installation
------------

[](#installation)

**composer require assghard/php-ssh-helper --prefer-dist**

How to use
----------

[](#how-to-use)

Add library to use: **use Assghard\\SSH\\SSHhelper;**

```
$sshConfig = [
        'host' => '192.168.1.12', // server IP address
        'port' => 22, // SSH port
        'user' => 'root', // SSH username
        'password' => '12345' // SSH user password
];

$sshHelper = new SSHhelper($sshConfig); // do connect

$sshHelper->execSshCommand('mkdir testDir');
$sshHelper->ssh_chmod('testDir', 0777);
$sshHelper->execSshCommand('touch ./testDir/test.txt');
$sshHelper->ssh_copy_file('./testDir/test.txt', '/var/www/html/test/TEST.txt');
$sshHelper->ssh_delete_file('./testDir/test.txt');
$sshHelper->ssh_remove_dir('./testDir');

$sshHelper->disconnect();
```

### If you use Laravel 5+ you can add an alias in /config/app.php file

[](#if-you-use-laravel-5-you-can-add-an-alias-in-configappphp-file)

```
'aliases' => [
...
'SSHhelper' => Assghard\SSH\SSHhelper::class,
...
],
```

And in controller:

```
$sshConfig = [
        'host' => '192.168.1.12', // server IP address
        'port' => 22, // SSH port
        'user' => 'root', // SSH username
        'password' => '12345' // SSH user password
];

$sshHelper = new \SSHhelper($sshConfig);
$sshHelper->execSshCommand('mkdir TEST');
$sshHelper->disconnect();
```

### Dependency injection

[](#dependency-injection)

Add library to use: **use Assghard\\SSH\\SSHhelper;**

```
private $ssh;
public function __construct(SSHhelper $ssh) {
    $this->ssh = $ssh;
}

...
$sshConfig = [
        'host' => '192.168.1.12', // server IP address
        'port' => 22, // SSH port
        'user' => 'root', // SSH username
        'password' => '12345' // SSH user password
];
$this->ssh->setConfig($sshConfig);
$this->ssh->execSshCommand('mkdir TEST');
$this->ssh->disconnect();
...
```

Method list
-----------

[](#method-list)

- **setConfig()** - Setter which sets a server SSH configuration to helper
- **connect()** - Do ssh2\_connect to the remote server via SSH and set a connection stream. Method is using inside others methods.
- **disconnect()** - Do disconnect and free resources
- **execSshCommand()** - General execution method. Executes commands on server via SSH connection
- ssh\_chmod() - Change remote folder permissions
- ssh\_copy\_file() - Copy file on remote server from sourceFile location to destinationFile
- ssh\_delete\_file() - Deletes remote file (NOT a folder)
- ssh\_remove\_dir() - Removes remote folder

Tested on PHP 7.2 and Laravel 5.8
---------------------------------

[](#tested-on-php-72-and-laravel-58)

###  Health Score

18

—

LowBetter than 8% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity8

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity31

Early-stage or recently created project

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 100% of commits — single point of failure

How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window.

**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

**Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

### Community

Maintainers

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