Performance issues with FTP uploads to remote server?

[eluser]skunkbad[/eluser]
Just because it is somewhat related, I thought I'd share something. Although not new, this week I stumbled upon phpseclib. The testing server that I've been working with doesn't have php's ssh2 functions, and I was looking for a way to use SSH/SFTP to upload a file to another server. phpseclib does it, and a whole lot more. I don't see a performance difference vs FTP, but it's another option, in case you need one.