RE: [PHP] Requires help: Unable to install ssh2 module in PHP.

> -----Original Message----- > From: Sharat Ojha [mailto:ojhasharat@gmail.com] > Sent: Monday, July 26, 2010 9:43 PM > To: php-general@lists.php.net > Subject: [PHP] Requires help: Unable to install ssh2 module in PHP. > > Hi all, > > > > We are trying to use SFTP connection to remote host in our project. So for > that we are using SSH2 functions of PHP. But the script where we have used > those functions was throwing the following error: > > > > *PHP Fatal error: Call to undefined function ssh2_connect() * > > * * > > By doing some work around we came to know that to remove this error we > mainly need 3 packages: OpenSSL, libssh2 and ssh2 modules. > > Out of them OpenSSL module was present on the server. So we have > installed other two packages through procedure given on the link below : > > > http://hostechs.com/2008/07/installing-ssh2-for-php-shell-connections- > how-to/ > i.e., Sharat, Wrong reference source to begin with?? Try this: http://www.php.net/manual/en/ssh2.requirements.php > > We have installed *“libssh2”* package using following set of commands : > > > > [root@box1 ~]wget > > http://voxel.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/libssh2/libssh2-0.18.tar.gz > [root@box1 ~]tar -zxvf libssh2-0.18.tar.gz > [root@box1 ~]cd libssh2-0.18 > [root@box1 libssh2-0.18]# ./configure > [root@box1 libssh2-0.18]# make > [root@box1 libssh2-0.18]# make install > http://sourceforge.net/projects/libssh2/ Current version of libssh2 on sourceforge is 1.1 (released 2009.04.02) .... seems like you're using a very outdated version... > > > Then we have installed ssh2 module using following set of commands: > > [root@box1 ~]# wget http://pecl.php.net/get/ssh2-0.10.tgz > [root@box1 ~]# tar -xzf ssh2-0.10.tgz > [root@box1 ~]# cd ssh2-0.10 > [root@box1 ssh2-0.10]# phpize && ./configure --with-ssh2 && make > > > > Then we have copied ssh2.so from > *“/home/amitdesh/ssh2-0.10/modules”*location to > *"/home/y/lib/php/20060613" *folder as this folder is mentioned as > *extension_dir = "/home/y/lib/php/20060613" in php.ini file.* > > Also we have added the following line in php.ini file to add the new ssh > extension: > > *extension=ssh2.so* > > > > But still by running our script we are getting the following error : > > > > *PHP Warning: PHP Startup: ssh2: Unable to initialize module* > > *Module compiled with module API=20050922, debug=0, thread-safety=0* > > *PHP compiled with module API=20060613, debug=0, thread-safety=0* > > *These options need to match* > > * in Unknown on line 0* > And thus, the mismatch version problem... I figure you're probably doing this on Linux. If you're compiling on *BSD, the ports build will fetch the appropriate dependencies for you when you build the main port from the tree ;) Regards, Tommy > > > Please let me know if anybody worked on SFTP in PHP and faced similar issue. > > > > > Thanks & Regards, > > Sharat Ojha