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socket_send

(PHP 4 >= 4.0.7, PHP 5)

socket_send — Sends data to a connected socket

Description

int socket_send ( resource $socket , string $buf , int $len , int $flags )

The function socket_send() sends len bytes to the socket socket from buf .

Parameters

socket

A valid socket resource created with socket_create() or socket_accept().

buf

A buffer containing the data that will be sent to the remote host.

len

The number of bytes that will be sent to the remote host from buf .

flags

The value of flags can be any combination of the following flags, joined with the binary OR (|) operator.

Possible values for flags
MSG_OOB Send OOB (out-of-band) data.
MSG_EOR Indicate a record mark. The sent data completes the record.
MSG_EOF Close the sender side of the socket and include an appropriate notification of this at the end of the sent data. The sent data completes the transaction.
MSG_DONTROUTE Bypass routing, use direct interface.

Return Values

See Also


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