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stream_socket_accept

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(PHP 5, PHP 7, PHP 8)

Accept a connection on a socket created by stream_socket_server

Description

stream_socket_accept(resource $socket, float|null $timeout = null, string $peer_name = null): resource|false

Accept a connection on a socket previously created by stream_socket_server().

socket: The server socket to accept a connection from.
timeout: Override the default socket accept timeout. Time should be given in seconds. By default, default_socket_timeout is used.
peer_name: Will be set to the name (address) of the client which connected, if included and available from the selected transport.
Note
Can also be determined later using stream_socket_get_name().

Returns a stream to the accepted socket connectionFalseforfailure.

Version	Description
8.0.0	`timeout` is now nullable.

Warning

This function should not be used with UDP server sockets. Instead, use stream_socket_recvfrom() and stream_socket_sendto().