pfsockopen
PHP 4, PHP 5, PHP 7, PHP 8
pfsockopen - Open persistent Internet or Unix domain socket connection
Manual
pfsockopen(
string$hostname,
[int$port = -1],
[interror_code = null],
[stringerror_message = null],
[float|null$timeout = null]
): resource|false
string$hostname,
[int$port = -1],
[int
[string
[float|null$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), or false on failure.
Changelog
| Version | Description |
| 8.0.0 | timeout is nullable now. |