======fsockopen====== WMPRO, WMMINI FW >= 1.0 WMMEGA FW >= 2.0 Open an internet socket connection with optional timeout ====Description==== int fsockopen ( string $host, int $port [, int $timeout ] ) Attempts to create a socket to a remote host using the protocol specified, and return the file handle for future operations. By default a TCP/IP connection will be initiated. If a UDP connection is required prefix the host name with udp:%%//%% (lower case). The socket will be opened in blocking mode. ====Parameters==== $host: Host name or IP address of server to connect to $port: Port number $timeout: Connection timeout in seconds, optional (if not specified the system wide setting in [[software:os:config:uphp.ini]] will be used). ====Return Values==== Integer: File handle, or 0 if the attempt to open the connection fails The file handle may be used together with the other file functions that require a handle such as [[fgets()]], [[fwrite()]], [[fclose()]] and [[feof()]] ====Example==== ===Create a connection to www.example.com and display the response===

====Also See==== [[fopen()]] - Open a file for reading or writing [[fseropen()]] - Open the serial port at the specified baud rate with optional parameters [[f485open()]] - Open the RS-485 port at the specified baud rate and parity [[fread()]] - Read bytes from a file, stream or socket [[fgets()]] - Return a single line from a file, stream or socket, with optional size limit [[fwrite()]] - Write data to a file, stream or socket [[feof()]] - Test if no more data is available in a file, stream or socket [[filesize()]] - Return the size of a file, or the number of unread bytes in a stream or socket [[fseek()]] - Position the file pointer in an open file [[ftell()]] - Return the current position of a file read/write pointer [[fclose()]] - Close a file, stream or socket