socket_shutdown

(PHP 4 >= 4.1.0, 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

how

The value of how can be one of the following:

Table 1. 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.