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<p class="verinfo">(PHP 4 >= 4.1.0, PHP 5, PHP 7)</p><p class="refpurpose"><span class="refname">socket_close</span> — <span class="dc-title">Closes a socket resource</span></p>
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<h3 class="title">Description</h3>
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<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>
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<span class="function"><strong>socket_close()</strong></span> closes the socket resource
given by <code class="parameter">socket</code>. This function is specific to sockets
and cannot be used on any other type of resources.
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<h3 class="title">Parameters</h3>
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<code class="parameter">socket</code></dt>
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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>.
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No value is returned.
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<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>
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