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<h1 class="refname">ssh2_sftp_realpath</h1>
<p class="verinfo">(PECL ssh2 >= 0.9.0)</p><p class="refpurpose"><span class="refname">ssh2_sftp_realpath</span> — <span class="dc-title">Resolve the realpath of a provided path string</span></p>
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<h3 class="title">Description</h3>
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<span class="type">string</span> <span class="methodname"><strong>ssh2_sftp_realpath</strong></span>
( <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">resource</span> <code class="parameter">$sftp</code></span>
, <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">string</span> <code class="parameter">$filename</code></span>
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Translates <em><code class="parameter">filename</code></em> into the effective real path
on the remote filesystem.
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<h3 class="title">Parameters</h3>
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<span class="term"><em><code class="parameter">sftp</code></em></span>
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An SSH2 SFTP resource opened by <span class="function"><a href="function.ssh2-sftp.html" class="function">ssh2_sftp()</a></span>.
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<span class="term"><em><code class="parameter">filename</code></em></span>
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<h3 class="title">Return Values</h3>
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Returns the real path as a string.
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<p><strong>Example #1 Resolving a pathname</strong></p>
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<div class="phpcode"><code><span style="color: #000000">
<span style="color: #0000BB"><?php<br />$connection </span><span style="color: #007700">= </span><span style="color: #0000BB">ssh2_connect</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">'shell.example.com'</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #0000BB">22</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">ssh2_auth_password</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$connection</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #DD0000">'username'</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #DD0000">'password'</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">$sftp </span><span style="color: #007700">= </span><span style="color: #0000BB">ssh2_sftp</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$connection</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /><br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">$realpath </span><span style="color: #007700">= </span><span style="color: #0000BB">ssh2_sftp_realpath</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$sftp</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #DD0000">'/home/username/../../../..//./usr/../etc/passwd'</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /></span><span style="color: #FF8000">/* $realpath is now: '/etc/passwd' */<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">?></span>
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<div class="refsect1 seealso" id="refsect1-function.ssh2-sftp-realpath-seealso">
<h3 class="title">See Also</h3>
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<li class="member"> <span class="function"><a href="function.realpath.html" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">realpath()</a> - Returns canonicalized absolute pathname</span></li>
<li class="member"> <span class="function"><a href="function.ssh2-sftp-symlink.html" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">ssh2_sftp_symlink()</a> - Create a symlink</span></li>
<li class="member"> <span class="function"><a href="function.ssh2-sftp-readlink.html" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">ssh2_sftp_readlink()</a> - Return the target of a symbolic link</span></li>
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