(PHP 4 >= 4.1.0, PHP 5, PHP 7, PHP 8)
socket_connect — Initiates a connection on a socket
Initiate a connection to address using the Socket instance
socket, which must be Socket
instance created with socket_create().
socketA Socket instance created with socket_create().
address
The address parameter is either an IPv4 address
in dotted-quad notation (e.g. 127.0.0.1) if
socket is AF_INET, a valid
IPv6 address (e.g. ::1) if IPv6 support is enabled and
socket is AF_INET6
or the pathname of a Unix domain socket, if the socket family is
AF_UNIX.
port
The port parameter is only used and is mandatory
when connecting to an AF_INET or an
AF_INET6 socket, and designates
the port on the remote host to which a connection should be made.
Returns true on success or false on failure. The error code can be retrieved with
socket_last_error(). This code may be passed to
socket_strerror() to get a textual explanation of the
error.
Note:
If the socket is non-blocking then this function returns
falsewith an errorOperation now in progress.
| Version | Description |
|---|---|
| 8.0.0 |
socket is a Socket instance now;
previously, it was a resource.
|
| 8.0.0 |
port is nullable now.
|