socket_send
(PHP 4 >= 4.1.0, 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
socket_send() returns the number of bytes sent, or FALSE on error.