socket_sendto
Description
int socket_sendto ( resource socket, string buf, int len, int flags, string addr [, int port])Warning
This function is EXPERIMENTAL . The behaviour of this function, the name of this function, and anything else documented about this function may change without notice in a future release of PHP. Use this function at your own risk.
The function socket_sendto() sends len bytes from buf through the socket socket to the port at the address addr
The value of flags can be one of the following:
Table 1. possible values for flags
0x1 Process OOB (out-of-band) data. 0x2 Peek at incoming message. 0x4 Bypass routing, use direct interface. 0x8 Data completes record. 0x100 Data completes transaction.

Example 1. socket_sendto() Example
<?php
$sh = socket_create(AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, SOL_TCP);
if (socket_bind($sh, '127.0.0.1', 4242)) {
echo "Socket bound correctly";
}
$buf = 'Test Message';
$len = strlen($buf);
if (socket_sendto($sh, $buf, $len, 0x100, '192.168.0.2', 4242) !== false) {
echo "Message sent correctly";
}
socket_close($sh);
?>
See also socket_send() and socket_sendmsg().



