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# socket_shutdown

(PHP 4 >= 4.1.0, PHP 5)

socket_shutdown -- Shuts down a socket for receiving, sending, or both.

## Description

bool socket_shutdown ( resource socket [, int how])

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

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

Table 1. possible values for `how`

`0` | Shutdown socket reading
`1` | Shutdown socket writing
`2` | Shutdown socket reading and writing

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