List and download all files in a directory through sftp with php / ssh2. In my example i use scandir to list the files and ssh2_scp_recv to grab a file. I've found a lot of examples using fopen to grab the remote file, that didn't work for me and i found the code below cleaner than the fopen option. For an example on how to do the same as my exa…

list_and_download_files_through_sftp_with_php.php

<?php

$username = "your_username";
$password = "your_pass";
$url      = 'your_stp_server_url';

// Make our connection
$connection = ssh2_connect($url);
 
// Authenticate
if (!ssh2_auth_password($connection, $username, $password)) throw new Exception('Unable to connect.');
 
// Create our SFTP resource
if (!$sftp = ssh2_sftp($connection)) throw new Exception('Unable to create SFTP connection.');

$localDir  = '/path/to/your/local/dir';
$remoteDir = '/path/to/your/remote/dir';

// download all the files
$files    = scandir('ssh2.sftp://' . $sftp . $remoteDir);
if (!empty($files)) {
  foreach ($files as $file) {
    if ($file != '.' && $file != '..') {
      ssh2_scp_recv($connection, "$remoteDir/$file", "$localDir/$file");
    }
  }
}

?>

Suddenly, it doesn't work for files with tab in the name