socket_sendto

(PHP 4 >= 4.1.0, PHP 5, PHP 7)

Sends a message to a socket, whether it is connected or not

int socket_sendto ( resource $socket, string $buf, int $len, int $flags, string $addr [, int $port = 0 ] )

The function socket_sendto() sends len bytes from buf through the socket socket to the port at the address addr.

Parameters:

socket

A valid socket resource created using socket_create().

buf

The sent data will be taken from buffer buf.

len

len bytes from buf will be sent.

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 transaction.
`MSG_DONTROUTE`	Bypass routing, use direct interface.

addr

IP address of the remote host.

port

port is the remote port number at which the data will be sent.

Returns:

socket_sendto() returns the number of bytes sent to the remote host, or FALSE if an error occurred.

Examples:

socket_sendto() Example

<?php
    $sock = socket_create(AF_INET, SOCK_DGRAM, SOL_UDP);

    $msg = "Ping !";
    $len = strlen($msg);

    socket_sendto($sock, $msg, $len, 0, '127.0.0.1', 1223);
    socket_close($sock);
?>