note 124280 added to function.socket-connect

Hello, I have an issue with the socket_connect When I hard code a connection like: if(!socket_connect($sock , '192.168.1.53' , 10000)) { $errorcode = socket_last_error(); $errormsg = socket_strerror($errorcode); } Everything works liek a charm. But when I want to use variables before all functions etc, then I get connection errors and well it doesn't work. $address = '192.168.1.53'; $port = 10000; if(!($sock = socket_create(AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, 0))) { $errorcode = socket_last_error(); $errormsg = socket_strerror($errorcode); die("Couldn't create socket: [$errorcode] $errormsg \n"); } if(!socket_connect($sock , $address , $port)) { $errorcode = socket_last_error(); $errormsg = socket_strerror($errorcode); } I have tried intval, int etc but that doesnt seem to help, what am I missing? ---- Server IP: 208.43.231.9 Probable Submitter: 185.85.3.195 (proxied: 77.251.180.23) ---- Manual Page -- http://php.net/manual/en/function.socket-connect.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/124280 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/124280/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/124280/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/124280/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/124280/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/124280/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/124280/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/124280 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/124280 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php