Execute a shell command through ssh using PHP

Question

I\'m trying to execute a simple shell command and print the result on a web page but the results are empty. Below is one bit of code I found but nothing has worked thus far.

Answer 1

Using a more object oriented solution, you can install phpseclib version 2 with:

composer require phpseclib/phpseclib

And then just create your ssh object:

$ssh = new SSH2('yourhost');
if (!$ssh->login('username', 'password')) {
    exit('Login Failed');
}

In this exemple i have used a connection through username and password but you can also connect via ssh-keys. If the connection is successful you can execute the method exec to execute you command on the server.