The ssh2 module is actually /not/ maintained by PHP itself (that is, it's not a "core" extension that's included with PHP), but rather a third-party one available from PECL (the 3rd party extension repository for PHP). Some PHP developers work on ssh2, but it's a side thing for them. As such, I wouldn't hold it to the same standards I would to the rest of PHP. I know because I had to add a missing feature in ssh2. What PHP does to muddle the ground a bit is that they include the documentation for the 3rd party extensions on php.net like the core extensions, with easy to miss labels. As such, people could be mislead - in fact, they have! I remember an amusing Twitter thread about the 'gender' extension, where people assumed it was a weird built-in PHP feature, but it wasn't. On Tue, 2021-02-02 at 10:08 -0500, David Spector wrote: > Dear Stefan, > > Thanks for trying to help. Access was never a problem, since, as I > said > above, the SSH command works perfectly with these keys in the current > directory. > > Just to be sure, I just tried again the w1.pub public key, starting > with > ssh-rsa, and I still get the "Unable to open public key file" error. > > I really need an expert in this stuff, but I have not found one in > any > of the fora I have tried. How can a PHP library have such a basic > bug? > Why aren't the authors of the library supporting their library? Why > isn't anyone representing PHP concerned? > > By the way, every time you post to this mailing list, you send two > emails. If you don't intend this, it might be a bug in your email > program. > > David
