STREAM_SOCKET_RECVFROM

Receives data from a socket, connected or not

SYNTAX


            stream_socket_recvfrom ( resource $socket , int $length [, int $flags = 0 [, string &$address ]] ) : string


            socket

The remote socket.


            length

The number of bytes to receive from the socket.


            flags

The value of flags can be any combination of the following:

STREAM_OOB	Process OOB (out-of-band) data.
STREAM_PEEK	Retrieve data from the socket, but do not consume the buffer. Subsequent calls to fread() or stream_socket_recvfrom() will see the same data.


            address

If address is provided it will be populated with the address of the remote socket.