# stream_socket_sendto

(PHP 5)

stream_socket_sendto — Sends a message to a socket, whether it is connected or not

### Description

int stream_socket_sendto ( resource `$socket` , string `$data` [, int `$flags` [, string `$address` ]] )

The function stream_socket_sendto() sends the data specified by `data` through the socket specified by `socket` . The address specified when the socket stream was created will be used unless an alternate address is specified in `address` .

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

possible values for `flags`
`STREAM_OOB` | Process OOB (out-of-band) data.

Example#1 stream_socket_sendto() Example

`<?php
/* Open a socket to port 1234 on localhost */
$socket = stream_socket_client('tcp://127.0.0.1:1234');
/* Send ordinary data via ordinary channels. */
fwrite($socket, "Normal data transmit.");
/* Send more data out of band. */
stream_socket_sendto($socket, "Out of Band data.", STREAM_OOB);
/* Close it up */
fclose($socket);
?>`

See also stream_socket_recvfrom(), stream_socket_client(), and stream_socket_server().