stream_socket_accept

(PHP 5)

stream_socket_accept — Accept a connection on a socket created by stream_socket_server()

Description

resource stream_socket_accept ( resource $server_socket [, float $timeout = ini_get("default_socket_timeout") [, string &$peername ]] )

Accept a connection on a socket previously created by stream_socket_server().

Parameters

server_socket

The server socket to accept a connection from.

timeout

Override the default socket accept timeout. Time should be given in seconds.

peername

Will be set to the name (address) of the client which connected, if included and available from the selected transport.

Note:

Can also be determined later using stream_socket_get_name().

Return Values

Returns a stream to the accepted socket connection or FALSE on failure.

Notes

Warning

This function should not be used with UDP server sockets. Instead, use stream_socket_recvfrom() and stream_socket_sendto().

See Also

• stream_socket_server() - Create an Internet or Unix domain server socket
• stream_socket_get_name() - Retrieve the name of the local or remote sockets
• stream_set_blocking() - Set blocking/non-blocking mode on a stream
• stream_set_timeout() - Set timeout period on a stream
• fgets() - Gets line from file pointer
• fgetss() - Gets line from file pointer and strip HTML tags
• fwrite() - Binary-safe file write
• fclose() - Closes an open file pointer
• feof() - Tests for end-of-file on a file pointer
• cURL Functions