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<h1 class="refname">stream_socket_sendto</h1>
<p class="verinfo">(PHP 5)</p><p class="refpurpose"><span class="refname">stream_socket_sendto</span> — <span class="dc-title">Sends a message to a socket, whether it is connected or not </span></p>
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<h3 class="title">Description</h3>
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<span class="type">int</span> <span class="methodname"><strong>stream_socket_sendto</strong></span>
( <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">resource</span> <code class="parameter">$socket</code></span>
, <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">string</span> <code class="parameter">$data</code></span>
[, <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">int</span> <code class="parameter">$flags</code><span class="initializer"> = 0</span></span>
[, <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">string</span> <code class="parameter">$address</code></span>
]] )</div>
<p class="para rdfs-comment">
Sends the specified <em><code class="parameter">data</code></em> through the
<em><code class="parameter">socket</code></em>.
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<h3 class="title">Parameters</h3>
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<span class="term"><em><code class="parameter">socket</code></em></span>
<dd>
<p class="para">
The socket to send <em><code class="parameter">data</code></em> to.
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</dd>
</dt>
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<span class="term"><em><code class="parameter">data</code></em></span>
<dd>
<p class="para">
The data to be sent.
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</dd>
</dt>
<dt>
<span class="term"><em><code class="parameter">flags</code></em></span>
<dd>
<p class="para">
The value of <em><code class="parameter">flags</code></em> can be any combination
of the following:
<table class="doctable table">
<caption><strong>possible values for <em><code class="parameter">flags</code></em></strong></caption>
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<td><strong><code>STREAM_OOB</code></strong></td>
<td>
Process OOB (out-of-band) data.
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</dd>
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<dt>
<span class="term"><em><code class="parameter">address</code></em></span>
<dd>
<p class="para">
The address specified when the socket stream was created will be used
unless an alternate address is specified in <em><code class="parameter">address</code></em>.
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<p class="para">
If specified, it must be in dotted quad (or [ipv6]) format.
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</dd>
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<div class="refsect1 returnvalues" id="refsect1-function.stream-socket-sendto-returnvalues">
<h3 class="title">Return Values</h3>
<p class="para">
Returns a result code, as an integer.
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<div class="refsect1 examples" id="refsect1-function.stream-socket-sendto-examples">
<h3 class="title">Examples</h3>
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<p><strong>Example #1 <span class="function"><strong>stream_socket_sendto()</strong></span> Example</strong></p>
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<div class="phpcode"><code><span style="color: #000000">
<span style="color: #0000BB"><?php<br /></span><span style="color: #FF8000">/* Open a socket to port 1234 on localhost */<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">$socket </span><span style="color: #007700">= </span><span style="color: #0000BB">stream_socket_client</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">'tcp://127.0.0.1:1234'</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /><br /></span><span style="color: #FF8000">/* Send ordinary data via ordinary channels. */<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">fwrite</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$socket</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #DD0000">"Normal data transmit."</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /><br /></span><span style="color: #FF8000">/* Send more data out of band. */<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">stream_socket_sendto</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$socket</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #DD0000">"Out of Band data."</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #0000BB">STREAM_OOB</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /><br /></span><span style="color: #FF8000">/* Close it up */<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">fclose</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$socket</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">?></span>
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<div class="refsect1 seealso" id="refsect1-function.stream-socket-sendto-seealso">
<h3 class="title">See Also</h3>
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<li class="member"> <span class="function"><a href="function.stream-socket-recvfrom.html" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">stream_socket_recvfrom()</a> - Receives data from a socket, connected or not</span></li>
<li class="member"> <span class="function"><a href="function.stream-socket-client.html" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">stream_socket_client()</a> - Open Internet or Unix domain socket connection</span></li>
<li class="member"> <span class="function"><a href="function.stream-socket-server.html" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">stream_socket_server()</a> - Create an Internet or Unix domain server socket</span></li>
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