SFTP file uploads to remote server

[Fuzen]

Hey everyone. This community has been of help and I need a little direction. I’m in need of uploading files to a remote FTP server (not at my hosting company). I have to use SFTP and not standard FTP. Can anyone point me in a direction on how to do that within a PW page/app? I have the credentials along with a port number.

I’m assuming PW doesn’t have built-in code to facilitate this, correct? So doing research, I found this package:
https://phpseclib.com/docs/sftp

Assuming I have to use this package, seeing I’m a designer (not developer), could I download the package and simply install it somewhere within PW’s directory structure and then call it from my page? If so, where would I place it? And then once placed, would I call it at the top of my page like so?…

use phpseclib3\Net\SFTP;

$sftp = new SFTP('localhost');
$sftp->login('username', 'password');

 

[kongondo]

1 hour ago, fuzenco said:

Assuming I have to use this package, seeing I’m a designer (not developer), could I download the package and simply install it somewhere within PW’s directory structure and then call it from my page?

I'd suggest, no. If you mean uploading files, say one off...then grab a dedicated FTP client (yes, they can do SFTP as well) such as FileZilla or Cyberduck. I suggest you read up on FTP/SFTP, at least the basics, including transfer mode. Also consider whether uploading a zip file and unpacking it is better in your case. You will also need to know about file permissions as you may upload a file only for ProcessWire not to be able to access it due to server file permissions and ownerships :-).

If you mean file uploads such as images to a ProcessWire page, then ignore above.

Edited March 21, 2022 by kongondo
clarification

[Fuzen]

28 minutes ago, kongondo said:

 

I meant uploading a file from my PW page to a remote server. It has to be part of my app and not something done via an FTP client (in my case Transmit on macOS). Also, file permissions and such I don't have to set. I already have access and permissions based on my login credentials to the remove server.

[kongondo]

Aah. I see. In that case, yes, you are right. You will need a 3rd-party or custom PHP solution. I don't think there's currently a module in the Modules' directory to do this.

[horst]

@fuzenco You may also use CURL, or maybe WireHttp, also a wrapper around CURL. BUt not really sure about wireHttp here!
Otherwise the phpseclib for sftp is good to go, but maybe a bit to much overhead in this case, compared to CURL, if available?

https://everything.curl.dev/usingcurl/scpsftp

https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/56261/automated-sftp-upload-with-curl

 

Edited March 22, 2022 by horst

[Fuzen]

On 3/22/2022 at 8:47 AM, horst said:

@fuzenco You may also use CURL, or maybe WireHttp, also a wrapper around CURL. BUt not really sure about wireHttp here!
Otherwise the phpseclib for sftp is good to go, but maybe a bit to much overhead in this case, compared to CURL, if available?

https://everything.curl.dev/usingcurl/scpsftp

https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/56261/automated-sftp-upload-with-curl

 

@horst Thank you. I think Curl may do the trick. This will give me something to learn.