# openal_device_open

(PECL openal:0.1)

openal_device_open — Initialize the OpenAL audio layer

### Description

resource openal_device_open ([ string `$device_desc` ] )

### Parameters

`device_desc`

  Open an audio device optionally specified by `device_desc` . If `device_desc` is not specified the first available audio device will be used.

### Return Values

Returns an Open AL(Device) resource on success or `FALSE` on failure.

### See Also

- openal_device_close()
- openal_context_create()