PHP Function Reference

PHP stream_socket_get_name() Function



The PHP stream_socket_get_name() function returns the local or remote name of a given socket connection.

Syntax

stream_socket_get_name(handle, want_peer)

Parameters

handle Required. Specify the socket to get the name of.
want_peer Required. If set to true the remote socket name will be returned, if set to false the local socket name will be returned.

Return Value

Returns the name of the socket.

Example: stream_socket_get_name() example

The example below shows the usage of stream_socket_get_name() function.

<?php
$socket = stream_socket_server("tcp://0.0.0.0:8000");

echo stream_socket_get_name($socket, false);
?>

The output of the above code will be:

0.0.0.0:8000

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