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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 $socket, bool $remote): string|false

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

    Parameters

    socket

    The socket to get the name of.

    remote

    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, or false on failure.

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    recycling dot sp dot am at gmail dot com
    14 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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