PHP function fsockopen()
Open Internet or Unix domain socket connection
Availability in PHP 4.0
Open Internet or Unix domain socket connection
Parameters
| Parameter | Data type | Default value | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
$hostname |
string |
not | If you have compiled in OpenSSL support, you may prefix the hostname with either ssl:// or tls:// to use an SSL or TLS client connection over TCP/IP to connect to the remote host. |
$port |
int |
null, | The port number. |
$errno |
int |
null, | If provided, holds the system level error number that occurred in the system-level connect() call. |
$errstr |
string |
null, | |
$timeout |
float |
null |
Return values
resource
fsockopen returns a file pointer which may be used together with the other file functions (such as fgets, fgetss, fwrite, fclose, and feof). If the call fails, it will return false
Other resources
Loading comments...