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<refentry xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook" xml:id="function.ssh2-shell">
 <refnamediv>
  <refname>ssh2_shell</refname>
  <refpurpose>Request an interactive shell</refpurpose>
 </refnamediv>
 
 <refsect1 role="description">
  &reftitle.description;
  <methodsynopsis>
   <type class="union"><type>resource</type><type>false</type></type><methodname>ssh2_shell</methodname>
   <methodparam><type>resource</type><parameter>session</parameter></methodparam>
   <methodparam choice="opt"><type>string</type><parameter>termtype</parameter><initializer>"vanilla"</initializer></methodparam>
   <methodparam choice="opt"><type class="union"><type>array</type><type>null</type></type><parameter>env</parameter><initializer>&null;</initializer></methodparam>
   <methodparam choice="opt"><type>int</type><parameter>width</parameter><initializer>80</initializer></methodparam>
   <methodparam choice="opt"><type>int</type><parameter>height</parameter><initializer>25</initializer></methodparam>
   <methodparam choice="opt"><type>int</type><parameter>width_height_type</parameter><initializer>SSH2_TERM_UNIT_CHARS</initializer></methodparam>
  </methodsynopsis>
  <para>
   Open a shell at the remote end and allocate a stream for it.
  </para>
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1 role="parameters">
  &reftitle.parameters;
  <para>
   <variablelist>
    <varlistentry>
     <term><parameter>session</parameter></term>
     <listitem>
      <para>
       An SSH connection link identifier, obtained from a call to
       <function>ssh2_connect</function>.
      </para>
     </listitem>
    </varlistentry>
    <varlistentry>
     <term><parameter>termtype</parameter></term>
     <listitem>
      <para>
       <parameter>termtype</parameter> should correspond to one of the
       entries in the target system's <literal>/etc/termcap</literal> file.
      </para>
     </listitem>
    </varlistentry>
    <varlistentry>
     <term><parameter>env</parameter></term>
     <listitem>
      <para>
       <parameter>env</parameter> may be passed as an associative array of
       name/value pairs to set in the target environment.
      </para>
     </listitem>
    </varlistentry>
    <varlistentry>
     <term><parameter>width</parameter></term>
     <listitem>
      <para>
       Width of the virtual terminal.
      </para>
     </listitem>
    </varlistentry>
    <varlistentry>
     <term><parameter>height</parameter></term>
     <listitem>
      <para>
       Height of the virtual terminal.
      </para>
     </listitem>
    </varlistentry>
    <varlistentry>
     <term><parameter>width_height_type</parameter></term>
     <listitem>
      <para>
       <parameter>width_height_type</parameter> should be one of
       <constant>SSH2_TERM_UNIT_CHARS</constant> or
       <constant>SSH2_TERM_UNIT_PIXELS</constant>.
      </para>
     </listitem>
    </varlistentry>
   </variablelist>
  </para>
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1 role="returnvalues">
  &reftitle.returnvalues;
  <para>
   Returns a stream &resource; on success, &return.falseforfailure;.
  </para>
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1 role="examples">
  &reftitle.examples;
  <para>
   <example>
    <title>Requesting an interactive shell</title>
    <programlisting role="php">
<![CDATA[
<?php
$connection = ssh2_connect('shell.example.com', 22);
ssh2_auth_password($connection, 'username', 'password');

$stream = ssh2_shell($connection, 'vt102', null, 80, 24, SSH2_TERM_UNIT_CHARS);
?>
]]>
    </programlisting>
   </example>
  </para>
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1 role="seealso">
  &reftitle.seealso;
  <para>
   <simplelist>
    <member><function>ssh2_exec</function></member>
    <member><function>ssh2_tunnel</function></member>
    <member><function>ssh2_fetch_stream</function></member>
   </simplelist>
  </para>
 </refsect1>

</refentry>

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