note 51987 deleted from function.fopen by danbrown

Note Submitter: ---- This only relavant to those opening a remote file for writing using the PECL SSH2 for SFTP paths for the string filename. Since SFTP has variations, most of which are non-secure, using this module is the only viable solution. The optional FTP extension class that uses the function 'ftp_ssl_connect' uses openssl, which only encrypts the communication requests and not the data - or something close to that. At any rate, many systems will not allow connection to their SFTP server using this method. I think it's worth mentioning that some of the examples provided in various areas failed consistantly using the syntax given, using both possible methods of. ssh2.sftp://$sftp/example.com/path/to/file ssh2.sftp://user:pass@$sftp/example.com/path/to/file It's just a small adjustment to correct this, but as most coding goes, a long road to find a stupid little oversight. Apparently it is necessary to supply the port as well in the path. Could just be the few systems I was testing against, but that would be three separate networks using three separate platforms (Windows Server, Linux, Unix). At any rate, the following works like a charm, and was very simple to install the libssh2 library and PECL SSH2 module required to use this system. Gotta love PHP. ssh2.sftp://$sftp/example.com:22/path/to/file ssh2.sftp://user:pass@$sftp:22/example.com/path/to/file Hope this saves anyone some headache and time.