socket_create_pair

PHP 4 >= 4.1.0, PHP 5, PHP 7, PHP 8

socket_create_pair - Creates a pair of indistinguishable sockets and stores them in an array

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Example #1 socket_create_pair example

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Example #2 socket_create_pair IPC example

<?php
$ary = array();
$strone = 'Message From Parent.';
$strtwo = 'Message From Child.';
if (socket_create_pair(AF_UNIX, SOCK_STREAM, 0, $ary) === false) {
    echo "socket_create_pair() failed. Reason: ".socket_strerror(socket_last_error());
}
$pid = pcntl_fork();
if ($pid == -1) {
    echo 'Could not fork Process.';
} elseif ($pid) {
    /*parent*/
    socket_close($ary[0]);
    if (socket_write($ary[1], $strone, strlen($strone)) === false) {
        echo "socket_write() failed. Reason: ".socket_strerror(socket_last_error($ary[1]));
    }
    if (socket_read($ary[1], strlen($strtwo), PHP_BINARY_READ) == $strtwo) {
        echo "Received $strtwo\n";
    }
    socket_close($ary[1]);
} else {
    /*child*/
    socket_close($ary[1]);
    if (socket_write($ary[0], $strtwo, strlen($strtwo)) === false) {
        echo "socket_write() failed. Reason: ".socket_strerror(socket_last_error($ary[0]));
    }
    if (socket_read($ary[0], strlen($strone), PHP_BINARY_READ) == $strone) {
        echo "Received $strone\n";
    }
    socket_close($ary[0]);
}

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socket_create_pair

Example #1 socket_create_pair example

Example #2 socket_create_pair IPC example

Function socket_create_pair:

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