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I'm pretty sure ftp_connect() etc. are just for classical FTP, and won't work with SFTP.
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OK - you can use PHPs ssl2_* functions. 
 
see: <a href="http://ca.php.net/manual/en/function.ssh2-sftp.php" rel="ugc">http://ca.php.net/manual/en/function.ssh2-sftp.php</a> 
 
Their example looks like so: 

<pre><code class="code-1 nolinks" id="code-123488">&lt;?php
$connection = ssh2_connect('shell.example.com', 22);
ssh2_auth_password($connection, 'username', 'password');
 
$sftp = ssh2_sftp($connection);
 
$stream = fopen(&quot;ssh2.sftp://$sftp/path/to/file&quot;, 'r');
?&gt;
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i found this sftp script on pecl.php.net but i get PHP Fatal error: &nbsp;Call to undefined function ssh2_connect() 
when i tried it 

<pre><code class="code-10 nolinks" id="code-123492">&lt;?php
$src_file = 'test/data.src';
$dst_file = 'mirrored/data.dst';
 
// get filesize
$filesize = filesize($src_file);
 
// establish connection to FTP over SSH
$connection = ssh2_connect('127.0.0.1', 22);
ssh2_auth_password($connection, 'user', 'password');
 
$time = microtime(true);
 
// ** SFTP ** 
/*
$sftp = ssh2_sftp($connection);
print &quot;Connected to FTP over SSH\n&quot;;
copy($src_file, 'ssh2.sftp://' . $sftp . $dst_file);
*/
 
// ** SSH + cat **
/*
$fp_in = fopen($src_file, 'r');
$stream = ssh2_exec($connection, 'cat &gt; ' . $dst_file);
 
$written_bytes = 0;
while ($written_bytes &lt; $filesize) {
	$written_bytes += stream_copy_to_stream($fp_in, $stream, 131072);
 
	if ($written_bytes &lt; $filesize) {
		fclose($stream);
		$stream = ssh2_exec($connection, 'cat &gt;&gt; ' . $dst_file);
	}
}
fclose($fp_in);
fclose($stream);
*/
$time = microtime(true) - $time;
print 'Time: ' . round($time, 2) . ' :: ' . round($filesize / 1024 /
$time, 2) . &quot;KB/sec\n&quot;;
?&gt;
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I tried to use the below ftp script on linux box to get files from remote windows server, but it doesn't connect. 
 
Port 22 is open on windows server for sftp. 
 
Do I need a different method to use sftp? Or is this the right script and I just have something small wrong like a \? 
 
Do I need to do more than open port 22? 
 
Do I need an authentication key? 
 
I am new to sftp, I usually use ftp. 

<pre><code class="code-10 nolinks" id="code-123448">&lt;?php
$today = date('Ymd');
$ftp_server = '111.111.111.111';	
$remote = &quot;E:\\remote\\logs\\Login\\Output\\OrderTransactionLog.csv&quot;;
$local = &quot;/local/htdocs/ftp/files/filename$today.csv&quot;;
$username = &quot;username&quot;;
$password = &quot;password&quot;;
$c = ftp_connect($ftp_server) or die(&quot;$ftp_server\n&quot;);
ftp_login($c,$username,$password) or die(&quot;$username\n&quot;);
ftp_get($c,$local,$remote,FTP_ASCII) or die(&quot;$remote\n&quot;);
ftp_close($c);
?&gt;
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I tried to use the below ftp script on linux box to get files from remote windows server, but it doesn't connect.

Port 22 is open on windows server for sftp.

Do I need a different method to use sftp? Or is this the right script and I just have something small wrong like a \?

Do I need to do more than open port 22?

Do I need an authentication key?

I am new to sftp, I usually use ftp.

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