Description
resource stream_socket_client
( string $remote_socket
[, int &$errno
[, string &$errstr
[, float $timeout
[, int $flags
[, resource $context
]]]]] )
Note:
If you need to set a timeout for reading/writing data over the socket,
use stream_set_timeout(), as the timeout
parameter to stream_socket_client() only applies while
connecting the socket.
Note:
The timeout parameter only applies if you are not making an asynchronous
connection attempt.
stream_socket_client() returns a
stream resource which may
be used together with the other file functions (such as
fgets(), fgetss(),
fwrite(), fclose(), and
feof()).
If the call fails, it will return FALSE and if the optional
errno
and errstr
arguments are present they will be set to indicate the actual
system level error that occurred in the system-level
connect() call. If the value returned in
errno
is 0 and the
function returned FALSE, it is an indication that the error
occurred before the connect() call. This is
most likely due to a problem initializing the socket. Note that
the errno
and
errstr
arguments will always be passed by
reference.
Depending on the environment, the Unix domain or the optional
connect timeout may not be available. A list of available
transports can be retrieved using stream_get_transports().
See List of Supported Socket Transports for a list of built in transports.
The stream will by default be opened in blocking mode. You can
switch it to non-blocking mode by using
stream_set_blocking().
Example #1 stream_socket_client() Example
<?php
$fp = stream_socket_client("tcp://www.example.com:80", $errno, $errstr, 30);
if (!$fp) {
echo "$errstr ($errno)<br />\n";
} else {
fwrite($fp, "GET / HTTP/1.0\r\nHost: www.example.com\r\nAccept: */*\r\n\r\n");
while (!feof($fp)) {
echo fgets($fp, 1024);
}
fclose($fp);
}
?>
The example below shows how to retrieve the day and time
from the UDP service "daytime" (port 13) in your own machine.
Example #2 Using UDP connection
<?php
$fp = stream_socket_client("udp://127.0.0.1:13", $errno, $errstr);
if (!$fp) {
echo "ERROR: $errno - $errstr<br />\n";
} else {
fwrite($fp, "\n");
echo fread($fp, 26);
fclose($fp);
}
?>
Warning
UDP sockets will sometimes appear to have opened without an error,
even if the remote host is unreachable. The error will only
become apparent when you read or write data to/from the socket.
The reason for this is because UDP is a "connectionless" protocol,
which means that the operating system does not try to establish
a link for the socket until it actually needs to send or receive data.
Note: When specifying a numerical IPv6 address
(e.g. fe80::1), you must enclose the IP in square
brackets—for example, tcp://[fe80::1]:80.
See also stream_socket_server(),
stream_set_blocking(),
stream_set_timeout(),
stream_select(),
fgets(),
fgetss(), fwrite(),
fclose(), feof(), and
the Curl extension.
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