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bravo3/ssh
==========

Interactive SSH2 suite for PHP 5.4

1.5.1(11y ago)191.0k11MITPHPPHP >=5.4.0

Since Mar 23Pushed 11y ago7 watchersCompare

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Interactive SSH2 for PHP
========================

[](#interactive-ssh2-for-php)

This module is a PHP wrapper for the libssh2 extension with support for interactive sessions. With interactive session support you can mimic a user terminal allowing you access to things such as sudo which might not typically be available to remote sessions. Unlike most libssh2 libraries, you do not need a public key file to authenticate using keys pairs.

Installation
============

[](#installation)

This project requires PHP-SSH2, which can be installed with `pecl`:

```
yum install libssh2-devel
# apt-get install libssh2-1-dev
yes '' | pecl install -f ssh2
echo "extension=ssh2.so" > /etc/php.d/ssh2.ini
# echo "extension=ssh2.so" > /etc/php5/mods-available/ssh2.ini
# ln -s /etc/php5/mods-available/ssh2.ini /etc/php5/apache2/conf.d/20-ssh2.ini
# ln -s /etc/php5/mods-available/ssh2.ini /etc/php5/cli/conf.d/20-ssh2.ini

```

Usage
=====

[](#usage)

- [Connections](docs/Connections.md)
- [Command Execution](docs/ExecutionStream.md)
- [Interactive Shell](docs/Shell.md)
- [Transfers](docs/Transfers.md)
- [Keypair Authentication](docs/KeypairAuthentication.md)

History
=======

[](#history)

1.4.2
-----

[](#142)

- Added timeout & line-ending normalisation to smart commands

1.4.1
-----

[](#141)

- Added the ability to detect remote shell type
- Smart commands now work on C-shell variants
- Added pause timeouts to all other shell read functions
- Added the ability to normalise line-endings in shell output

1.4.0
-----

[](#140)

- Deprecated version 1.3.x
- Fixed logic of the ssh2\_tunnel() function

1.3.0
-----

[](#130)

- Added support to tunnel connections

1.2.0
-----

[](#120)

- Added ability to connect using just a private PEM key

1.1.0
-----

[](#110)

- Added SCP support

Known Bugs/Limitations
======================

[](#known-bugslimitations)

Bugs
----

[](#bugs)

This wrapper is subject to the same bugs that exist in the ssh2 extension, notable of those are the encrypted private key files running in Ubuntu/Debian:

-
- See [Encrypted Private Keys](docs/EncryptedPrivateKeys.md) for workaround

Limitations
-----------

[](#limitations)

#### Features implemented:

[](#features-implemented)

- Password and key-pair authentication
- Optional fingerprint checking
- Command execution
- Interactive shell (mimic user)
- SCP transfers
- Public key generation (connect using just a private key)
- Tunnels (remote connections)

#### Notable features not implemented:

[](#notable-features-not-implemented)

- Agent and host authentication
- SFTP transfers

###  Health Score

33

—

LowBetter than 75% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity23

Limited adoption so far

Community13

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity65

Established project with proven stability

 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.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Every ~14 days

Total

12

Last Release

4279d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/0a82084f38dfacd80655e26cd45b5bb9ab43eaa09b3a97c5c4a2350fe41b0c20?d=identicon)[jordonsc](/maintainers/jordonsc)

---

Top Contributors

[![jordonsc](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/347611?v=4)](https://github.com/jordonsc "jordonsc (34 commits)")

---

Tags

sshshellssh2

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

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