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socket_shutdown

(PHP 4 >= 4.0.7, PHP 5)

socket_shutdown — Shuts down a socket for receiving, sending, or both

Description

bool socket_shutdown ( resource $socket [, int $how ] )

The socket_shutdown() function allows you to stop incoming, outgoing or all data (the default) from being sent through the socket

Parameters

socket

A valid socket resource created with socket_create().

how

The value of how can be one of the following:

possible values for how
0 Shutdown socket reading
1 Shutdown socket writing
2 Shutdown socket reading and writing

Return Values

Returns TRUE on success or FALSE on failure.


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