socket_shutdown

(PHP 4 >= 4.1.0, PHP 5)

socket_shutdown -- Shuts down a socket for receiving, sending, or both

Description

bool socket_shutdown ( resource socket [, int how])

Warning

This function is EXPERIMENTAL. The behaviour of this function, the name of this function, and anything else documented about this function may change without notice in a future release of PHP. Use this function at your own risk.

The socket_shutdown() function allows you to stop incoming, outgoing or all data (the default) from being sent through the socket

The value of how can be one of the following:

Table 1. possible values for how

0 Shutdown socket reading
1 Shutdown socket writing
2 Shutdown socket reading and writing