pfsockopen
PHP function
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(PHP 4, PHP 5, PHP 7, PHP 8)
Open persistent Internet or Unix domain socket connection
Description
pfsockopen(string $hostname, int $port = -1, int $error_code = null, string $error_message = null, float|null $timeout = null): resource|false
This function behaves exactly as fsockopen() with the difference that the connection is not closed after the script finishes. It is the persistent version of fsockopen().
Parameters
For parameter information, see the fsockopen() documentation.
Return Values
pfsockopen() returns a file pointer which may be used together with the other file functions (such as fgets(), fgetss(), fwrite(), fclose(), and feof()),Falseforfailure.
Changelog
| Version | Description |
|---|---|
| 8.0.0 | timeout is nullable now. |