Nu-Coder Manual

PhpExpress Manual

PHP Joomla
Development

ssh2_sftp	ssh2_sftp_lstat

SSH2 Functions	Last updated: Mon, 26 Oct 2026

ssh2_sftp_chmod

(PECL ssh2 >= 0.12)

ssh2_sftp_chmod — Changes file mode

Description

function ssh2_sftp_chmod(resource $sftp, string $filename, int $mode): bool

Attempts to change the mode of the specified file to that given in mode.

Parameters

sftp: An SSH2 SFTP resource opened by ssh2_sftp().
filename: Path to the file.
mode: Permissions on the file. See the chmod() for more details on this parameter.

Return Values

Returns true on success or false on failure.

Examples

Example #1 Changing the mode of a file on a remote server

<?php
$connection = ssh2_connect('shell.example.com', 22);
ssh2_auth_password($connection, 'username', 'password');
$sftp = ssh2_sftp($connection);

ssh2_sftp_chmod($sftp, '/somedir/somefile', 0755);
?>

See Also

chmod() - Changes file mode
ssh2_sftp() - Initialize SFTP subsystem
ssh2_connect() - Connect to an SSH server

ssh2_sftp	ssh2_sftp_lstat

SSH2 Functions	Last updated: Mon, 26 Oct 2026