How to get current directory name from sftp server

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I am connecting to remote sftp server using ssh2 functions. Now I need to get current directory name. In case of ftp server I can use ftp_pwd but I can't find similar function for ssh2

I need php code

score 3 · Answer 1 · answered Dec 09 '15 at 14:31

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Give phpseclib a try for sftp connections, you can do easily get the current working dir with its built-in method pwd

From the directory management examples:

print $sftp->pwd();

answered Dec 09 '15 at 14:31

Alex Andrei

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I found this solution $stream = ssh2_exec($connection, 'pwd'); stream_set_blocking($stream, true); $homeDir = stream_get_contents($stream); – user3918128 Dec 09 '15 at 15:15

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Dec 09 '15 at 14:17

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Have you tried only pwd ? Type help for list of available commands

answered Dec 09 '15 at 14:17

J. Grunder

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I tried but it says ssh2_exec(): Unable to request a channel from remote host – user3918128 Dec 09 '15 at 14:29
For this one, you can find help on StackOverflow : http://stackoverflow.com/questions/15921960/ssh2-exec-not-executing-simple-command – J. Grunder Dec 09 '15 at 14:31

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Apr 07 '22 at 11:22

On Ubuntu 20.04 SFTP server ssh2_sftp_realpath returns the same as running pwd interactively

<?php
$connection = ssh2_connect('host.example.com', 22);

ssh2_auth_password($connection, 'sftptest', 'password');

$sftp = ssh2_sftp($connection);

$realpath = ssh2_sftp_realpath($sftp, '.');

# $realpath is now: '/home/sftptest'

$realpath = ssh2_sftp_realpath($sftp, './test');

# $realpath =  /home/sftptest/test

$realpath = ssh2_sftp_realpath($sftp, "../test2");

# $realpath = /home/test2

# note that the directories don't have to exist it just resolves to what it should be based on the current directory
?>

How to get current directory name from sftp server

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