socket_read
(PHP 4 >= 4.1.0, PHP 5, PHP 7)
socket_read — Reads a maximum of length bytes from a socket
Description
socket_read ( resource $socket , int $length [, int $type = PHP_BINARY_READ ] ) : string
The function socket_read() reads from the socket resource socket created by the socket_create() or socket_accept() functions.
Parameters
-
socket -
A valid socket resource created with socket_create() or socket_accept().
-
length -
The maximum number of bytes read is specified by the
lengthparameter. Otherwise you can use\r,\n, or\0to end reading (depending on thetypeparameter, see below). -
type -
Optional
typeparameter is a named constant:-
PHP_BINARY_READ(Default) - use the systemrecv()function. Safe for reading binary data. -
PHP_NORMAL_READ- reading stops at\nor\r.
-
Return Values
socket_read() returns the data as a string on success, or false on error (including if the remote host has closed the connection). The error code can be retrieved with socket_last_error(). This code may be passed to socket_strerror() to get a textual representation of the error.
Note:
socket_read() returns a zero length string ("") when there is no more data to read.
See Also
- socket_accept() - Accepts a connection on a socket
- socket_bind() - Binds a name to a socket
- socket_connect() - Initiates a connection on a socket
- socket_listen() - Listens for a connection on a socket
- socket_last_error() - Returns the last error on the socket
- socket_strerror() - Return a string describing a socket error
- socket_write() - Write to a socket
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