stream_socket_recvfrom

Description

string stream_socket_recvfrom ( resource socket, int length [, int flags [, string &address]])

The function stream_socket_recvfrom() accepts data from a remote socket up to length bytes. If address is provided it will be populated with the address of the remote socket.

The value of flags can be any combination of the following:

Exemplu 1. stream_socket_recvfrom() Example <?php /* Open a server socket to port 1234 on localhost */ $server = stream_socket_server('tcp://127.0.0.1:1234'); /* Accept a connection */ $socket = stream_socket_accept($server); /* Grab a packet (1500 is a typical MTU size) of OOB data */ echo "Received Out-Of-Band: '" . stream_socket_recvfrom($socket, 1500, STREAM_OOB) . "'\n"; /* Take a peek at the normal in-band data, but don't comsume it. */ echo "Data: '" . stream_socket_recvfrom($socket, 1500, STREAM_PEEK) . "'\n"; /* Get the exact same packet again, but remove it from the buffer this time. */ echo "Data: '" . stream_socket_recvfrom($socket, 1500) . "'\n"; /* Close it up */ fclose($socket); fclose($server); ?>

See also stream_socket_sendto(), stream_socket_client(), and stream_socket_server().