Stdio.File()->open()

Stdio.File()->pipe()

Method Stdio.File()->open_socket()

Method open_socket

int Stdio.File()->open_socket(int|void port, string|void address)

Description

This makes this file into a socket ready for connections. The reason for this function is so that you can set the socket to nonblocking or blocking (default is blocking) before you call Stdio.File.connect.

If you give a port number to this function, the socket will be bound to this port locally before connecting anywhere. This is only useful for some silly protocols like FTP. You may also specify an address to bind to if your machine has many IP numbers.

Returns

This function returns 1 for success, 0 otherwise.

See also

Stdio.File.connect, Stdio.File.set_nonblocking, Stdio.File.set_blocking