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socket_addrinfo_explain

(PHP 7 >= 7.2.0, PHP 8)

socket_addrinfo_explain — Get information about addrinfo

Description

socket_addrinfo_explain(AddressInfo $address): array

socket_addrinfo_explain() exposed the underlying addrinfo structure.

Parameters

address: AddressInfo instance created from socket_addrinfo_lookup().

Return Values

Returns an array containing the fields in the addrinfo structure.

Changelog

Version	Description
8.0.0	`address` is an AddressInfo instance now; previously, it was a resource.

See Also

socket_addrinfo_bind() - Create and bind to a socket from a given addrinfo
socket_addrinfo_connect() - Create and connect to a socket from a given addrinfo
socket_addrinfo_lookup() - Get array with contents of getaddrinfo about the given hostname

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