socket_strerror

Function • Params and return types changed in PHP 8.0

Return a string describing a socket error.

PHP 5
PHP 7
PHP 8.0
Improved
PHP 8.1
PHP 8.2-8.3
PHP 8.4
PHP 8.5
PHP 8.6

socket_strerror Function synopsis

socket_strerror(int $error_code): string

Parameters

$error_code

Typeint

A valid socket error number, likely produced by socket_last_error.

Return value

Typestring

Returns the error message associated with the $error_code parameter.

Changes to the socket_strerror Function

PHP 8.0

  • Return type added: string
  • Parameter name of parameter #1 changed: $errno to $error_code
  • Parameter type added for parameter #1 ($error_code): int
- socket_strerror($errno)
+ socket_strerror(int $error_code): string

socket_strerror Function Availability

PHP VersionAvailability
PHP 8.6Upcoming Release Yes
PHP 8.5Supported (Latest) Yes
PHP 8.4Supported Yes
PHP 8.3Security-Fixes Only Yes
PHP 8.2Security-Fixes Only Yes
PHP 8.1Unsupported Yes
PHP 8.0Unsupported Yes
PHP 7.4Unsupported Yes
PHP 7.3Unsupported Yes
PHP 7.2Unsupported Yes
PHP 7.1Unsupported Yes
PHP 7.0Unsupported Yes
PHP 5.6Unsupported Yes
PHP 5.5Unsupported Yes
PHP 5.4Unsupported Yes
PHP 5.3Unsupported Yes