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  <refentry id="function.stream-socket-server">
   <refnamediv>
    <refname>stream_socket_server</refname>
    <refpurpose>
     Create an Internet or Unix domain server socket
    </refpurpose> 
   </refnamediv>
   <refsect1>
    <title>Description</title>
     <methodsynopsis>
      <type>resource</type><methodname>stream_socket_server</methodname>
      <methodparam><type>string</type><parameter>local_socket</parameter></methodparam>
      <methodparam choice="opt"><type>int</type><parameter role="reference">errno</parameter></methodparam>
      <methodparam choice="opt"><type>string</type><parameter role="reference">errstr</parameter></methodparam>
      <methodparam choice="opt"><type>int</type><parameter>flags</parameter></methodparam>
      <methodparam choice="opt"><type>resource</type><parameter>context</parameter></methodparam>
     </methodsynopsis>
    <para>
     Creates a stream or datagram socket on the specified 
     <parameter>local_socket</parameter>.  The type of socket created
     is determined by the transport specified using standard URL formatting:
     <literal>transport://target</literal>.  For Internet Domain sockets
     (AF_INET) such as TCP and UDP, the <literal>target</literal> portion
     of the <parameter>remote_socket</parameter> parameter should consist of
     a hostname or IP address followed by a colon and a port number.  For Unix
     domain sockets, the <parameter>target</parameter> portion should point
     to the socket file on the filesystem.

     <parameter>flags</parameter> is a bitmask field which may be set to any
     combination of socket creation flags.  The default value of flags is
     <constant>STREAM_SERVER_BIND</constant> | <constant>STREAM_SERVER_LISTEN</constant>.
    </para>
    <note>
     <para>
      For UDP sockets, you must use <constant>STREAM_SERVER_BIND</constant> as
      the <parameter>flags</parameter> parameter.
     </para>
    </note>
    <para>
     This function only creates a socket, to begin accepting connections
     use <function>stream_socket_accept</function>.
    </para>
    <para>
     If the call fails, it will return &false; and if the optional
     <parameter>errno</parameter> and <parameter>errstr</parameter>
     arguments are present they will be set to indicate the actual
     system level error that occurred in the system-level
     <literal>socket()</literal>, <literal>bind()</literal>, and
     <literal>listen()</literal> calls. If the value returned in
     <parameter>errno</parameter> is <literal>0</literal> and the
     function returned &false;, it is an indication that the error
     occurred before the <literal>bind()</literal> call. This is
     most likely due to a problem initializing the socket. Note that
     the <parameter>errno</parameter> and
     <parameter>errstr</parameter> arguments will always be passed by
     reference.
    </para>
    <para>
     Depending on the environment, Unix domain sockets may not be available.  
     A list of available transports can be retrieved using 
     <function>stream_get_transports</function>. See
     <xref linkend="transports"/> for a list of bulitin transports.
    </para>
    <para>
     <example>
      <title>Using TCP server sockets</title>
      <programlisting role="php">
<![CDATA[
<?php
$socket = stream_socket_server("tcp://0.0.0.0:8000", $errno, $errstr);
if (!$socket) {
  echo "$errstr ($errno)<br />\n";
} else {
  while ($conn = stream_socket_accept($socket)) {
    fwrite($conn, 'The local time is ' . date('n/j/Y g:i a') . "\n");
    fclose($conn);
  }
  fclose($socket);
}
?>
]]>
      </programlisting>
     </example>
    </para>
    <para>
     The example below shows how to act as a time server which can respond
     to time queries as shown in an example on <function>stream_socket_client</function>.
     <note>
      <simpara>
       Most systems require root access to create a server socket on a port
       below 1024.
      </simpara>
     </note>
     <example>
      <title>Using UDP server sockets</title>
      <programlisting role="php">
<![CDATA[
<?php
$socket = stream_socket_server("udp://127.0.0.1:1113", $errno, $errstr, STREAM_SERVER_BIND);
if (!$socket) {
    die("$errstr ($errno)");
}

do {
    $pkt = stream_socket_recvfrom($socket, 1, 0, $peer);
    echo "$peer\n";
    stream_socket_sendto($socket, date("D M j H:i:s Y\r\n"), 0, $peer);
} while ($pkt !== false);

?>

]]>
      </programlisting>
     </example>
    </para>
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    <para>
     See also <function>stream_socket_client</function>, 
     <function>stream_set_blocking</function>,
     <function>stream_set_timeout</function>, 
     <function>fgets</function>,
     <function>fgetss</function>, <function>fwrite</function>,
     <function>fclose</function>, <function>feof</function>, and
     the <link linkend="ref.curl">Curl extension</link>.
    </para>
   </refsect1>
  </refentry>

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