PHP stream_socket_accept() Function

The PHP stream_socket_accept() function accepts a connection on a socket previously created by stream_socket_server().

Syntax

stream_socket_accept(server_socket, timeout, peername)

Parameters

`server_socket`	`Required.` Specify the server socket to accept a connection from.
`timeout`	`Optional.` Specify the socket accept timeout, in seconds. When null, the default_socket_timeout of php.ini setting is used.
`peername`	`Optional.` Will be set to the name (address) of the client which connected, if included and available from the selected transport.

Return Value

Returns a stream to the accepted socket connection or false on failure.

Example: stream_socket_accept() example

The example below shows the usage of stream_socket_accept() function. It shows how to act as a time server which can respond to the time queries.

<?php
$socket = stream_socket_server("tcp://0.0.0.0:8000", $errno, $errstr);
if (!$socket) {
  echo "$errstr ($errno)<br>\n";
} else {
  while ($conn = stream_socket_accept($socket)) {
    fwrite($conn, 'The local time is '.date('n/j/Y g:i a')."\n");
    fclose($conn);
  }
  fclose($socket);
}
?>

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