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  <refentry id="function.stream-set-blocking">
   <refnamediv>
    <refname>stream_set_blocking</refname>
    <refpurpose>Set blocking/non-blocking mode on a stream</refpurpose> 
   </refnamediv>
   <refsect1>
    <title>Description</title>
     <methodsynopsis>
      <type>bool</type><methodname>stream_set_blocking</methodname>
      <methodparam><type>resource</type><parameter>stream</parameter></methodparam>
      <methodparam><type>int</type><parameter>mode</parameter></methodparam>
     </methodsynopsis>
    <para>
     If <parameter>mode</parameter> is &false;, the given stream
     will be switched to non-blocking mode, and if &true;, it
     will be switched to blocking mode.  This affects calls like
     <function>fgets</function> and <function>fread</function>
     that read from the stream.  In non-blocking mode an
     <function>fgets</function> call will always return right away
     while in blocking mode it will wait for data to become available
     on the stream.
    </para>
    <para>
     This function was previously called as
     <function>set_socket_blocking</function> and later
     <function>socket_set_blocking</function> but this usage is deprecated.
    </para>
    <note>
     <simpara>
      Prior to PHP 4.3, this function only worked on socket based streams.
      Since PHP 4.3, this function works for any stream that supports
      non-blocking mode (currently, regular files and socket streams).
     </simpara>
    </note>
   </refsect1>
  </refentry>

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