<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd"> <HTML ><HEAD ><TITLE >php_stream_sock_open_host</TITLE ><META NAME="GENERATOR" CONTENT="Modular DocBook HTML Stylesheet Version 1.79"><LINK REL="HOME" TITLE="Manual do PHP" HREF="index.html"><LINK REL="UP" TITLE="Streams Socket API Reference" HREF="streams.socket-api.html"><LINK REL="PREVIOUS" TITLE="php_stream_sock_open_from_socket" HREF="streams.php-stream-sock-open-from-socket.html"><LINK REL="NEXT" TITLE="php_stream_sock_open_unix" HREF="streams.php-stream-sock-open-unix.html"><META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=UTF-8"></HEAD ><BODY CLASS="refentry" BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#000000" LINK="#0000FF" VLINK="#840084" ALINK="#0000FF" ><DIV CLASS="NAVHEADER" ><TABLE SUMMARY="Header navigation table" WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" ><TR ><TH COLSPAN="3" ALIGN="center" >Manual do PHP</TH ></TR ><TR ><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="left" VALIGN="bottom" ><A HREF="streams.php-stream-sock-open-from-socket.html" ACCESSKEY="P" >Anterior</A ></TD ><TD WIDTH="80%" ALIGN="center" VALIGN="bottom" ></TD ><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="right" VALIGN="bottom" ><A HREF="streams.php-stream-sock-open-unix.html" ACCESSKEY="N" >Próxima</A ></TD ></TR ></TABLE ><HR ALIGN="LEFT" WIDTH="100%"></DIV ><H1 ><A NAME="streams.php-stream-sock-open-host" ></A >php_stream_sock_open_host</H1 ><DIV CLASS="refnamediv" ><A NAME="AEN245625" ></A >php_stream_sock_open_host -- Open a connection to a host and return a stream</DIV ><DIV CLASS="refsect1" ><A NAME="AEN245628" ></A ><H2 >Description</H2 >php_stream * <B CLASS="methodname" >php_stream_sock_open_host</B > ( const char * host, unsigned short port, int socktype, struct timeval * timeout, int persistent )<BR ></BR ><P > <B CLASS="function" >php_stream_sock_open_host()</B > establishes a connect to the specified <CODE CLASS="parameter" >host</CODE > and <CODE CLASS="parameter" >port</CODE >. <CODE CLASS="parameter" >socktype</CODE > specifies the connection semantics that should apply to the connection. Values for <CODE CLASS="parameter" >socktype</CODE > are system dependent, but will usually include (at a minimum) <TT CLASS="constant" ><B >SOCK_STREAM</B ></TT > for sequenced, reliable, two-way connection based streams (TCP), or <TT CLASS="constant" ><B >SOCK_DGRAM</B ></TT > for connectionless, unreliable messages of a fixed maximum length (UDP). </P ><P > <CODE CLASS="parameter" >persistent</CODE > is a flag the controls whether the stream is opened as a persistent stream. Generally speaking, this parameter will usually be 0. </P ><P > If not NULL, <CODE CLASS="parameter" >timeout</CODE > specifies a maximum time to allow for the connection to be made. If the connection attempt takes longer than the timeout value, the connection attempt is aborted and NULL is returned to indicate that the stream could not be opened. </P ><DIV CLASS="note" ><BLOCKQUOTE CLASS="note" ><P ><B >Nota: </B > The timeout value does not include the time taken to perform a DNS lookup. The reason for this is because there is no portable way to implement a non-blocking DNS lookup. </P ><P > The timeout only applies to the connection phase; if you need to set timeouts for subsequent read or write operations, you should use <B CLASS="function" >php_stream_sock_set_timeout()</B > to configure the timeout duration for your stream once it has been opened. </P ></BLOCKQUOTE ></DIV ><P > The streams API places no restrictions on the values you use for <CODE CLASS="parameter" >socktype</CODE >, but encourages you to consider the portability of values you choose before you release your extension. </P ></DIV ><DIV CLASS="NAVFOOTER" ><HR ALIGN="LEFT" WIDTH="100%"><TABLE SUMMARY="Footer navigation table" WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" ><TR ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top" ><A HREF="streams.php-stream-sock-open-from-socket.html" ACCESSKEY="P" >Anterior</A ></TD ><TD WIDTH="34%" ALIGN="center" VALIGN="top" ><A HREF="index.html" ACCESSKEY="H" >Principal</A ></TD ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" ><A HREF="streams.php-stream-sock-open-unix.html" ACCESSKEY="N" >Próxima</A ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top" >php_stream_sock_open_from_socket</TD ><TD WIDTH="34%" ALIGN="center" VALIGN="top" ><A HREF="streams.socket-api.html" ACCESSKEY="U" >Acima</A ></TD ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" >php_stream_sock_open_unix</TD ></TR ></TABLE ></DIV ></BODY ></HTML >