PHP Manual: socket_set

socket_set_block

(PHP 4 >= 4.2.0, PHP 5)

socket_set_block -- Sets blocking mode on a socket resource

Description

bool socket_set_block ( resource socket )

The socket_set_block() function removes the O_NONBLOCK flag on the socket specified by the socket parameter.

Example 1. socket_set_block() example

<?php

$port = 9090;
if (!$socket = socket_create_listen($port)) {
    echo socket_strerror(socket_last_error());
}

if (!socket_set_option($socket, SOL_SOCKET, SO_REUSEADDR, 1)) {
    echo socket_strerror(socket_last_error());
}

if (!socket_set_nonblock($socket)) { // $socket is now nonblocking
    echo socket_strerror(socket_last_error());
}

if (!socket_set_block($socket)) {     // $socket is now blocking
    echo socket_strerror(socket_last_error());
}

?>

Returns TRUE on success or FALSE on failure.