PHP function fsockopen()
Availability in PHP 4.0
Open Internet or Unix domain socket connection
Parameters
| Parameter | Data type | Default value | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
$hostname |
string |
not | If you have compiled in OpenSSL support, you may prefix the hostname with either ssl:// or tls:// to use an SSL or TLS client connection over TCP/IP to connect to the remote host. |
$port |
int |
null, | The port number. |
$errno |
int |
null, | If provided, holds the system level error number that occurred in the system-level connect() call. |
$errstr |
string |
null, | |
$timeout |
float |
null |
Return values
resource
fsockopen returns a file pointer which may be used together with the other file functions (such as fgets, fgetss, fwrite, fclose, and feof). If the call fails, it will return false