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hugsbrugs/php-sftp
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PHP SFTP Utilities

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php-sftp
========

[](#php-sftp)

PHP SFTP Utilities

If you also need FTP : [php-ftp](https://github.com/hugsbrugs/php-ftp)

Dependencies :
--------------

[](#dependencies-)

phpseclib : [Github](https://github.com/phpseclib/phpseclib) - [Documentation](https://api.phpseclib.org/master/) - [Examples](http://phpseclib.sourceforge.net/sftp/examples.html)

Install
-------

[](#install)

Install package with composer

```
composer require hugsbrugs/php-sftp

```

In your PHP code, load librairy

```
require_once __DIR__ . '/vendor/autoload.php';
use Hug\Sftp\Sftp as Sftp;
```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

Test SFTP connection

```
Sftp::test($server, $user, $password, $port = 22, $timeout = 10);
```

Check if a file exists on SFTP Server

```
Sftp::is_file($server, $user, $password, $remote_file, $port = 22, $timeout = 10);
```

Delete a file on remote FTP server

```
Sftp::delete($server, $user, $password, $remote_file, $port = 22, $timeout = 10);
```

Recursively deletes files and folder in given directory (If remote\_path ends with a slash delete folder content otherwise delete folder itself)

```
Sftp::rmdir($server, $user, $password, $remote_path, $port = 22, $timeout = 10);
```

Recursively copy files and folders on remote SFTP server (If local\_path ends with a slash upload folder content otherwise upload folder itself)

```
Sftp::upload_dir($server, $user, $password, $local_path, $remote_path, $port = 22, $timeout = 10);
```

Download a file from remote SFTP server

```
Sftp::download($server, $user, $password, $remote_file, $local_file, $port = 22, $timeout = 10);
```

Download a directory from remote FTP server (If remote\_dir ends with a slash download folder content otherwise download folder itself)

```
Sftp::download_dir($server, $user, $password, $remote_dir, $local_dir,
$port = 22, $timeout = 10);
```

Rename a file on remote SFTP server

```
Sftp::rename($server, $user, $password, $old_file, $new_file, $port = 22, $timeout = 10);
```

Create a directory on remote SFTP server

```
Sftp::mkdir($server, $user, $password, $directory, $port = 22, $timeout = 10);
```

Create a file on remote SFTP server

```
Sftp::touch($server, $user, $password, $remote_file, $content, $port = 22, $timeout = 10);
```

Upload a file on SFTP server

```
Sftp::upload($server, $user, $password, $local_file, $remote_file = '', $port = 22, $timeout = 10);
```

List files on SFTP server

```
Sftp::scandir($server, $user, $password, $path, $port = 22, $timeout = 10);
```

Get default login SFTP directory aka pwd

```
Sftp::pwd($server, $user, $password, $port = 22, $timeout = 10);
```

Tests
-----

[](#tests)

Edit example/test.php with your FTP parameters then run

```
php example/test.php
```

To Do
-----

[](#to-do)

PHPUnit Tests

Author
------

[](#author)

Hugo Maugey [visit my website ;)](https://hugo.maugey.fr)

###  Health Score

40

—

FairBetter than 88% of packages

Maintenance19

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity44

Moderate usage in the ecosystem

Community17

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity65

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 70% 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 ~712 days

Total

3

Last Release

1923d ago

Major Versions

0.2 → 1.02017-03-21

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

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