socket_bind Binds a name to a socket &reftitle.description; boolsocket_bind resourcesocket stringaddress intport0 Binds the name given in address to the socket described by socket. This has to be done before a connection is be established using socket_connect or socket_listen. &reftitle.parameters; socket A valid socket resource created with socket_create. address If the socket is of the AF_INET family, the address is an IP in dotted-quad notation (e.g. 127.0.0.1). If the socket is of the AF_UNIX family, the address is the path of a Unix-domain socket (e.g. /tmp/my.sock). port (Optional) The port parameter is only used when connecting to an AF_INET socket, and designates the port on the remote host to which a connection should be made. &reftitle.returnvalues; &return.success; The error code can be retrieved with socket_last_error. This code may be passed to socket_strerror to get a textual explanation of the error. &reftitle.examples; ]]> &reftitle.notes; This function must be used on the socket before socket_connect. Windows 9x/ME compatibility note: socket_last_error may return an invalid error code if trying to bind the socket to a wrong address that does not belong to your machine. &reftitle.seealso; socket_connect socket_listen socket_create socket_last_error socket_strerror