socket_read Reads a maximum of length bytes from a socket &reftitle.description; stringsocket_read resourcesocket intlength inttypePHP_BINARY_READ The function socket_read reads from the socket resource socket created by the socket_create or socket_accept functions. &reftitle.parameters; socket A valid socket resource created with socket_create or socket_accept. length The maximum number of bytes read is specified by the length parameter. Otherwise you can use \r, \n, or \0 to end reading (depending on the type parameter, see below). type Optional type parameter is a named constant: PHP_BINARY_READ (Default) - use the system recv() function. Safe for reading binary data. PHP_NORMAL_READ - reading stops at \n or \r. &reftitle.returnvalues; socket_read returns the data as a string on success, or &false; on error (including if the remote host has closed the connection). The error code can be retrieved with socket_last_error. This code may be passed to socket_strerror to get a textual representation of the error. socket_read returns a zero length string ("") when there is no more data to read. &reftitle.changelog; &Version; &Description; 4.1.0 The default value for type was changed from PHP_NORMAL_READ to PHP_BINARY_READ &reftitle.seealso; socket_accept socket_bind socket_connect socket_listen socket_last_error socket_strerror socket_write