note 76468 deleted from function.fsockopen by cmb

Note Submitter: warezthebeef at gmail dot com ---- I ran into a problem where I needed to make an fsockopen() style connection from one specific ip address on a server with multiple ip aliases. Unfortunately fsockopen() does not allow the specification of a source address making it unsuitable. I could not find any other solutions elsewhere so here is mine for those with php 5.1.0 or greater. <?php // connect to the internet using the '192.168.0.100' IP $opts = array('socket' => array('bindto' => '192.168.0.100:0')); $context = stream_context_create($opts); $fp = stream_socket_client("tcp://www.example.com:80", $errno, $errstr, 30, STREAM_CLIENT_CONNECT, $context); ?> Now $fp can be used like a resource handle returned by a vanilla fsockopen() call!