Use SSH2 with PHP 5.3.x

ssh2_example.php

// Open connection
If (!($hConnection = ssh2_connect (‘my.server.com’, 22))) throw new Exception (‘connection refused’);
// Authentication
if (ssh2_auth_password ($hConnection, ‘user’, ‘pass’)) {
  // Here are your dirty things in secure shell =)
  // Such as, initialize a sftp connection
  $hSFTP = ssh2_sftp ($hConnection);
  // and upload a file on it
  file_put_contents ("ssh2.sftp://$hSFTP/file_to_upload.csv", file_get_contents (‘file_to_upload.csv’));
}
else throw new Exception (‘wrong user or pass’);