# ssh2_tunnel

(PECL ssh2 >= 0.9.0)

ssh2_tunnel — Open a tunnel through a remote server

### Description

ssh2_tunnel ( resource `$session` , string `$host` , int `$port` ) : resource

Open a socket stream to an arbitrary host/port by way of the currently connected SSH server.

### Parameters

`session`

  An SSH connection link identifier, obtained from a call to ssh2_connect().

`host`

`port`

### Return Values

### Examples

Example #1 Opening a tunnel to an arbitrary host

`<?php
$connection = ssh2_connect('shell.example.com', 22);
ssh2_auth_pubkey_file($connection, 'username', 'id_dsa.pub', 'id_dsa');
$tunnel = ssh2_tunnel($connection, '10.0.0.101', 12345);
?>`

### See Also

- ssh2_connect() - Connect to an SSH server
- fsockopen() - Open Internet or Unix domain socket connection