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# socket_send

(PHP 4 >= 4.1.0, PHP 5)

socket_send -- Sends data to a connected socket

## Description

int socket_send ( resource socket, string buf, int len, int flags)

Warning
This function is EXPERIMENTAL. The behaviour of this function, the name of this function, and anything else documented about this function may change without notice in a future release of PHP. Use this function at your own risk.

The function socket_send() sends `len` bytes to the socket `socket` from `buf`

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

Table 1. possible values for `flags`

`0x1` | Process OOB (out-of-band) data
`0x2` | Peek at incoming message
`0x4` | Bypass routing, use direct interface
`0x8` | Data completes record
`0x100` | Data completes transaction

See also socket_sendmsg() and socket_sendto().

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