socket_connect
(PHP 4 >= 4.1.0, PHP 5, PHP 7)
socket_connect — Initiates a connection on a socket
Description
$socket
, string $address
[, int $port
= 0
] ) : bool
Initiate a connection to address
using the socket resource
socket
, which must be a valid socket
resource created with socket_create().
Parameters
-
socket
-
-
address
-
The
address
parameter is either an IPv4 address in dotted-quad notation (e.g. 127.0.0.1) ifsocket
isAF_INET
, a valid IPv6 address (e.g. ::1) if IPv6 support is enabled andsocket
isAF_INET6
or the pathname of a Unix domain socket, if the socket family isAF_UNIX
. -
port
-
The
port
parameter is only used and is mandatory when connecting to anAF_INET
or anAF_INET6
socket, and designates the port on the remote host to which a connection should be made.
Return Values
Returns TRUE
on success or FALSE
on failure. The error code can be retrieved with
socket_last_error(). This code may be passed to
socket_strerror() to get a textual explanation of the
error.
Note:
If the socket is non-blocking then this function returns
FALSE
with an error Operation now in progress.
See Also
- socket_bind() - Binds a name to a socket
- socket_listen() - Listens for a connection on a socket
- socket_create() - Create a socket (endpoint for communication)
- socket_last_error() - Returns the last error on the socket
- socket_strerror() - Return a string describing a socket error
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