socket_shutdown

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

socket_shutdownShuts down a socket for receiving, sending, or both

Description

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

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

Note:

The associated buffer, or buffers, may or may not be emptied.

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.