socket_shutdown

Shuts down a socket for receiving, sending, or both

Description

bool socket_shutdown ( resource $socket [, int $how = 2 ] )

The socket_shutdown function allows you to stop incoming, outgoing or all data (the default) from being sent through the socket

Parameters

socket

A valid socket resource created with socket_create.

how

The value of how can be one of the following:

possible values for how
0 Shutdown socket reading
1 Shutdown socket writing
2 Shutdown socket reading and writing

Return Values

Returns TRUE on success or FALSE on failure.