stream_socket_sendto

(PHP 5)

stream_socket_sendto — Sends a message to a socket, whether it is connected or not

Description

int stream_socket_sendto ( resource $socket , string $data [, int $flags = 0 [, string $address ]] )

Sends the specified data through the socket.

Parameters

socket

The socket to send data to.

data

The data to be sent.

flags

The value of flags can be any combination of the following:

possible values for flags

STREAM_OOB

Process OOB (out-of-band) data.

address

The address specified when the socket stream was created will be used unless an alternate address is specified in address.

If specified, it must be in dotted quad (or [ipv6]) format.

Return Values

Returns a result code, as an integer.

Examples

Example #1 stream_socket_sendto() Example

<?php
/* Open a socket to port 1234 on localhost */
$socket = stream_socket_client('tcp://127.0.0.1:1234');

/* Send ordinary data via ordinary channels. */
fwrite($socket, "Normal data transmit.");

/* Send more data out of band. */
stream_socket_sendto($socket, "Out of Band data.", STREAM_OOB);

/* Close it up */
fclose($socket);
?>

See Also

• stream_socket_recvfrom() - Receives data from a socket, connected or not
• stream_socket_client() - Open Internet or Unix domain socket connection
• stream_socket_server() - Create an Internet or Unix domain server socket