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    stream_socket_get_name

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    stream_socket_get_name — Retrieve the name of the local or remote sockets

    Description

    stream_socket_get_name(resource $handle, bool $want_peer): string

    Returns the local or remote name of a given socket connection.

    Parameters

    handle

    The socket to get the name of.

    want_peer

    If set to true the remote socket name will be returned, if set to false the local socket name will be returned.

    Return Values

    The name of the socket.

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    recycling dot sp dot am at gmail dot com
    13 years ago
    Surprisingly, on my Linux system, when connected to a localhost service using IPV4, stream_get_socket_name returns ::1 as the peer or local address. One would expect to get localhost or 127.0.0.1 but the ::1 IPV6 localhost is returned instead.
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