socket_sendto

(PHP 4 >= 4.1.0, PHP 5)

socket_sendto -- Sends a message to a socket, whether it is connected or not

Description

int socket_sendto ( resource socket, string buf, int len, int flags, string addr [, int port] )

The function socket_sendto() sends len bytes from buf through the socket socket to the port at the address addr

Parameters

socket

buf

len

flags

The value of flags can be one of the following:

Table 1. possible values for flags

0x1 Process OOB (out-of-band) data.
0x2 Peek at incoming message.
0x4 Bypass routing, use direct interface.
0x8 Data completes record.
0x100 Data completes transaction.

addr

port

Return Values

Examples

Example 1. socket_sendto() Example

<?php
    $sh
= socket_create(AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, SOL_TCP);
    if (
socket_bind($sh, '127.0.0.1', 4242)) {
        echo
"Socket bound correctly";
    }
    
$buf = 'Test Message';
    
$len = strlen($buf);
    if (
socket_sendto($sh, $buf, $len, 0x100, '192.168.0.2', 4242) !== false) {
        echo
"Message sent correctly";
    }
    
socket_close($sh);
?>

See Also

socket_send()
socket_sendmsg()