PHP function stream_socket_client()
Open Internet or Unix domain socket connection
Availability in PHP 5.0
Open Internet or Unix domain socket connection
Parameters
| Parameter | Data type | Default value | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
$remote_socket |
string |
not | Address to the socket to connect to. |
$errno |
int |
null, | Will be set to the system level error number if connection fails. |
$errstr |
string |
null, | Will be set to the system level error message if the connection fails. |
$timeout |
float |
null, | Number of seconds until the connect() system call should timeout. This parameter only applies when not making asynchronous connection attempts. To set a timeout for reading/writing data over the socket, use the stream_set_timeout, as the timeout only applies while making connecting the socket. |
$flags |
int |
null, | Bitmask field which may be set to any combination of connection flags. Currently the select of connection flags is limited to STREAM_CLIENT_CONNECT (default), STREAM_CLIENT_ASYNC_CONNECT and STREAM_CLIENT_PERSISTENT. |
$context |
resource |
null | A valid context resource created with stream_context_create. |
Return values
resource
|bool On success a stream resource is returned which may be used together with the other file functions (such as fgets, fgetss, fwrite, fclose, and feof), false on failure.
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