stream_socket_recvfrom()
stream_socket_recvfrom - Receives data from a socket, connected or not
Syntax
string stream_socket_recvfrom (
resource $socket,
int $length,
int $flags,
string &$address)
Arguments
- socket - The remote socket.
- length - The number of bytes to receive from the socket.
- flags - The value of flags can be any combination of the following: Possible values for flags STREAM_OOB Process OOB ( out-of-band) data. STREAM_PEEK Retrieve data from the socket, but do not consume the buffer. Subsequent calls to fread() or stream_socket_recvfrom() will see the same data.
- address - If address is provided it will be populated with the address of the remote socket.
Description
stream_socket_recvfrom() accepts data from a remote socket up to length bytes.
Version
PHP 5
Return value
Returns the read data, as a string
