Question

I just want a very simple client to connect and read data from a TCP server that I know its up and running fine.

Here’s my piece of code:

if(!($sock = socket_create(AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, 0)))
{
    $errorcode = socket_last_error();
    $errormsg = socket_strerror($errorcode);

    die("Couldn't create socket: [$errorcode] $errormsg \n");
}

echo "Socket created \n";

if(!socket_connect($sock , 'my.ip.goes.here' , port))
{
    $errorcode = socket_last_error();
    $errormsg = socket_strerror($errorcode);

    die("Could not connect: [$errorcode] $errormsg \n");
}

echo "Connection established \n";

I get the socket created fine, error when connecting though: “Could not connect: [110] Connection timed out”

Edit: Could it be a problem with my host? If so, I could try finding the problem there.

Edit: My host seems fine, it does allow sockets to be used. Any more tips?

Answer 1

Cannot test it right now, but probably it’s because you didn’t specify the protocol. In this case,

socket_create(AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, SOL_TCP);

will do the trick…