create socket in php

A socket connection can be created in php using the code snippet below. 

This code snippet also shows how to write into a socket and read from a socket using php.

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$SERVER_IP = 'x.x.x.x';

$SERVER_PORT = 'yy';

$Server = socket_create(AF_INET, $SOCK_STREAM, $SOL_TCP);

if($ServerConnected = @socket_connect($Server, $SERVER_IP, $SERVER_PORT))

{

@socket_write($Server , 'hello');

@socket_read($Server , 256);

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}

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