# ssh2_sftp

(PECL ssh2:0.10-0.9)

ssh2_sftp — Initialize SFTP subsystem

### Description

resource ssh2_sftp ( resource `$session` )

Request the SFTP subsystem from an already connected SSH2 server.

### Parameters

`session`

  An SSH connection link identifier, obtained from a call to ssh2_connect().

### Return Values

This method returns an SSH2 SFTP resource for use with all other ssh2_sftp_*() methods and the ssh2.sftp:// fopen wrapper.

### Examples

Example#1 Opening a file via SFTP

`<?php
$connection = ssh2_connect('shell.example.com', 22);
ssh2_auth_password($connection, 'username', 'password');
$sftp = ssh2_sftp($connection);
$stream = fopen("ssh2.sftp://$sftp/path/to/file", 'r');
?>`

### See Also

- ssh2_scp_recv()
- ssh2_scp_send()