php man page for socket_send

SOCKET_SEND(3)								 1							    SOCKET_SEND(3)

socket_send - Sends data to a connected socket

SYNOPSIS
       int socket_send (resource  $socket, string  $buf, int  $len, int  $flags)

DESCRIPTION
	The function socket_send(3) sends $len bytes to the socket $socket from $buf.

PARAMETERS
	      o $socket
		- A valid socket resource created with socket_create(3) or socket_accept(3).

	      o $buf
		- A buffer containing the data that will be sent to the remote host.

	      o $len
		- The number of bytes that will be sent to the remote host from $buf.

	      o $flags
		- The value of $flags can be any combination of the following flags, joined with the binary OR ( |) operator.

	      Possible values for $flags

	      +--------------+---------------------------------------------------+
	      | 	     |							 |
	      |   MSG_OOB    |							 |
	      | 	     |							 |
	      | 	     |		  Send OOB (out-of-band) data.		 |
	      | 	     |							 |
	      | 	     |							 |
	      |   MSG_EOR    |							 |
	      | 	     |							 |
	      | 	     |	Indicate  a record mark. The sent data completes |
	      | 	     | the record.					 |
	      | 	     |							 |
	      | 	     |							 |
	      |   MSG_EOF    |							 |
	      | 	     |							 |
	      | 	     |	Close the sender side of the socket and  include |
	      | 	     | an appropriate notification of this at the end of |
	      | 	     | the sent data. The sent data completes the trans- |
	      | 	     | action.						 |
	      | 	     |							 |
	      | 	     |							 |
	      |MSG_DONTROUTE |							 |
	      | 	     |							 |
	      | 	     |	     Bypass routing, use direct interface.	 |
	      | 	     |							 |
	      +--------------+---------------------------------------------------+
RETURN VALUES
       socket_send(3) returns the number of bytes sent, or FALSE on error.

SEE ALSO
       socket_sendto(3).

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