Socket programming error

Question

When I am running my program of socket I am getting an error:

Fatal error: Call to undefined function socket_create() in C:\wamp\www\sockert\sockert.php on line 11

What about that error?

Code:

// set some variables
$host = "192.168.1.99";
$port = 1234;
// don't timeout!
set_time_limit(0);
// create socket
$socket = socket_create(AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, 0) or die("Could not create socket\n");

I am using php5.3.0

Please post the code that causes the error. Also, what version of PHP are you using? — Jeff
– Jeff, Commented Sep 5, 2010 at 2:54
// set some variables $host = "192.168.1.99"; $port = 1234; // don't timeout! set_time_limit(0); // create socket $socket = socket_create(AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, 0) or die("Could not create socket\n"); ... ... I am using php5.3.0 — Ajay_kumar
– Ajay_kumar, Commented Sep 5, 2010 at 3:02

Artefacto · Accepted Answer · 2010-09-05 03:04:11Z

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The sockets extension is not activated.

You should load php_sockets.dll in php.ini.

answered Sep 5, 2010 at 3:04

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codaddict · Accepted Answer · 2010-09-05 03:06:17Z

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In the file php.ini file, find the line with php_sockets.dll and remove the leading semi colon (;)

answered Sep 5, 2010 at 3:06

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Ajay_kumar Over a year ago

I did it. I remove the ; from my extension and just download and place php_sockets.dll in dll directory where all supporting dll are kept. but still getting this error.

Ajay_kumar Over a year ago

Now this is running i was changed in php instead of apache. this is enabled now.thanks

chh · Accepted Answer · 2013-12-16 19:53:25Z

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The functions staring with socket_ are not activated by default in PHP. But there exists a better alternative anyways: the stream extension offers support for sockets too, and this is available regardless of your PHP and platform, and is also much more easy to use.

I've written a blog post explaining Stream Sockets here: http://www.christophh.net/2012/07/24/php-socket-programming/

I hope this helps.

answered Dec 16, 2013 at 19:53

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