<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd"> <html> <head> <meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"> <title>Closes a socket resource</title> </head> <body><div class="manualnavbar" style="text-align: center;"> <div class="prev" style="text-align: left; float: left;"><a href="function.socket-clear-error.html">socket_clear_error</a></div> <div class="next" style="text-align: right; float: right;"><a href="function.socket-cmsg-space.html">socket_cmsg_space</a></div> <div class="up"><a href="ref.sockets.html">Socket Functions</a></div> <div class="home"><a href="index.html">PHP Manual</a></div> </div><hr /><div id="function.socket-close" class="refentry"> <div class="refnamediv"> <h1 class="refname">socket_close</h1> <p class="verinfo">(PHP 4 >= 4.1.0, PHP 5)</p><p class="refpurpose"><span class="refname">socket_close</span> — <span class="dc-title">Closes a socket resource</span></p> </div> <div class="refsect1 description" id="refsect1-function.socket-close-description"> <h3 class="title">Description</h3> <div class="methodsynopsis dc-description"> <span class="type"><span class="type void">void</span></span> <span class="methodname"><strong>socket_close</strong></span> ( <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">resource</span> <code class="parameter">$socket</code></span> )</div> <p class="para rdfs-comment"> <span class="function"><strong>socket_close()</strong></span> closes the socket resource given by <em><code class="parameter">socket</code></em>. This function is specific to sockets and cannot be used on any other type of resources. </p> </div> <div class="refsect1 parameters" id="refsect1-function.socket-close-parameters"> <h3 class="title">Parameters</h3> <p class="para"> <dl> <dt> <span class="term"><em><code class="parameter">socket</code></em></span> <dd> <p class="para"> A valid socket resource created with <span class="function"><a href="function.socket-create.html" class="function">socket_create()</a></span> or <span class="function"><a href="function.socket-accept.html" class="function">socket_accept()</a></span>. </p> </dd> </dt> </dl> </p> </div> <div class="refsect1 returnvalues" id="refsect1-function.socket-close-returnvalues"> <h3 class="title">Return Values</h3> <p class="para"> No value is returned. </p> </div> <div class="refsect1 seealso" id="refsect1-function.socket-close-seealso"> <h3 class="title">See Also</h3> <p class="para"> <ul class="simplelist"> <li class="member"> <span class="function"><a href="function.socket-bind.html" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">socket_bind()</a> - Binds a name to a socket</span></li> <li class="member"> <span class="function"><a href="function.socket-listen.html" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">socket_listen()</a> - Listens for a connection on a socket</span></li> <li class="member"> <span class="function"><a href="function.socket-create.html" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">socket_create()</a> - Create a socket (endpoint for communication)</span></li> <li class="member"> <span class="function"><a href="function.socket-strerror.html" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">socket_strerror()</a> - Return a string describing a socket error</span></li> </ul> </p> </div> </div><hr /><div class="manualnavbar" style="text-align: center;"> <div class="prev" style="text-align: left; float: left;"><a href="function.socket-clear-error.html">socket_clear_error</a></div> <div class="next" style="text-align: right; float: right;"><a href="function.socket-cmsg-space.html">socket_cmsg_space</a></div> <div class="up"><a href="ref.sockets.html">Socket Functions</a></div> <div class="home"><a href="index.html">PHP Manual</a></div> </div></body></html>