# socket_shutdown

(PHP 4 >= 4.0.7, PHP 5)

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

### Description

bool socket_shutdown ( resource `$socket` [, int `$how` ] )

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

### Parameters

`socket`

  A valid socket resource created with socket_create().

`how`

  The value of `how` can be one of the following:

  possible values for `how`
  0 | Shutdown socket reading
  1 | Shutdown socket writing
  2 | Shutdown socket reading and writing

### Return Values

Returns `TRUE` on success or `FALSE` on failure.