stream_socket_sendto

Function • Params and return types changed in PHP 8.0

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

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

stream_socket_sendto Function synopsis

stream_socket_sendto(
    $socket,
    string $data,
    int $flags = 0,
    string $address = ""
  ): int|false

Parameters

$socket

The socket to send $data to.

$data

Typestring

The data to be sent.

$flags

OptionalTypeintDefault value0

The value of $flags can be any combination of the following:

$flags accepts the following constant value

$address

OptionalTypestringDefault value""

The address specified when the socket stream was created will be used unless an alternate address is specified in $address.

Return value

Typeint|false

Returns a result code, as an integer, or false on failure.

Changes to the stream_socket_sendto Function

PHP 8.0

  • Return type added: int|false
  • Parameter name of parameter #1 changed: $stream to $socket
  • Parameter type added for parameter #2 ($data): string
  • Parameter type added for parameter #3 ($flags): int
  • Parameter default value added for position #3 ($flags): 0
  • Parameter name of parameter #4 changed: $target_addr to $address
  • Parameter type added for parameter #4 ($address): string
  • Parameter default value added for position #4 ($address): ""
  stream_socket_sendto(
-     $stream,
+     $socket,
-     $data,
+     string $data,
-     $flags,
+     int $flags = 0,
-     $target_addr
+     string $address = ""
-   )
+   ): int|false

stream_socket_sendto 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