socket_read
(PHP 4 >= 4.1.0, PHP 5, PHP 7, PHP 8)
socket_read — Reads a maximum of length bytes from a socket
Parameters
socket-
A Socket instance created with socket_create()
or socket_accept().
length-
The maximum number of bytes read is specified by the
length parameter. Otherwise you can use
\r, \n,
or \0 to end reading (depending on the mode
parameter, see below).
mode-
Optional mode parameter is a named constant:
Return Values
socket_read() returns the data as a string on success,
or false on error (including if the remote host has closed the
connection). The error code can be retrieved with
socket_last_error(). This code may be passed to
socket_strerror() to get a textual representation of
the error.
Note:
socket_read() returns a zero length string ("")
when there is no more data to read.
socket_listen
Socket Functions