Re: socket_get_status()

Hi, Well I'm not totally sure, why socket_get_status would not give you the correct value, other than a bug, as the manual does indicate the socket functions are experimental. There are altenative ways to get the number of bytes in the buffer, like using ioctl with FIONREAD, ofcourse that is a C function, and I can't really locate a PHP counterpart for it, other than what may be a counterpart (socket_get_status). However yet another solution is using the recv() counterpart, socket_recv() with the MSG_PEEK flag. Now you'd probably open up a local copy of the php manpages, hunting for socket_recv()! Well it's not there, it's an undocumented function (yet), and to my knowlegde exists in PHP 4.0.7, atleast in the CVS. function prototype: mixed socket_recv(resource socket, int len, int flags) and example usage: $data = socket_recv($sockfd, $nbytes, MSG_PEEK); $len = sizeof($data); Now you would have to loop through the the complete buffer, and let me remind you, that MSG_PEEK means peeking into the buffer, it does not "actually" remove the data from the recv() queue but only gives you a copy, if you call the function without MSG_PEEK you will get the same data, and then the data will be discarded. This is one way of finding out the no. of bytes in the buffer, ofcourse socket_get_status() is surely much better. Incase I interpreted you incorrectly and you wanted to know the no. of bytes the recieve buffer can hold then here's the function, and this is also 4.0.7+ : function prototype: mixed socket_getopt(resource socket, int level, int optname) example usage: $info = socket_getopt($sockfd, SOL_SOCKET, SO_RCVBUF); and it remains pretty much the same for the send buffer : $info = socket_getopt($sockfd, SOL_SOCKET, SO_SNDBUF); Hope that helps. P.S - phpguru.org, nice domain name. ===== ********************************* Know more about me: http://www.geocities.com/mimodit ********************************* __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Listen to your Yahoo! Mail messages from any phone. http://phone.yahoo.com