bind

(4.0.2 - 4.0.6 only)

bind -- Binds a name to a socket

Description

int bind (resource socket, string address [, int port])

Warning

This function is EXPERIMENTAL. That means, that the behaviour of this function, this function name, in concreto ANYTHING documented here can change in a future release of PHP WITHOUT NOTICE. Be warned, and use this function at your own risk.

bind() binds the name given in address to the socket described by socket, which must be a valid socket descriptor created with socket().

The address parameter is either an IP address in dotted-quad notation (e.g. 127.0.0.1), if the socket is of the AF_INET family; or the pathname of a Unix-domain socket, if the socket family is AF_UNIX.

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.

Returns zero on success, or a negative error code on failure. This code may be passed to strerror() to get a textual explanation of the error.

See also accept_connect(), connect(), listen(), socket(), socket_get_status(), and strerror().