PHP - Function pfsockeopen

Syntax

resource pfsockopen ( string $hostname [, int $port = -1 [, int &$errno 
   [, string &$errstr [, float $timeout = ini_get("default_socket_timeout") ]]]] )

Definition and Usage

It used to open internet or unix domain socket

Return Values

If Connection is successful it may returns fgets(), fgetss(), fwrite(), fclose(), and feof() or else it will give False on failure case

Parameters

Example

Try out following example

<?php
   $open = fsockopen("www.tutorialspoint.com", 80, $errno, $errstr, 30);
   
   if (!$open) {
      echo "$errstr ($errno)
      \n";
   } else {
   $out = "GET / HTTP/1.1\r\n";
   $out .= "Host: www.tutorialspoint.com\r\n";
   $out .= "Connection: Close\r\n\r\n";
   
   fwrite($open, $out);
   
   while (!feof($open)) {
      echo fgets($open, 128);
   }
   
   fclose($open);

?>