socket_connect (STRING* hostname, var port, var TCP)

Opens an TCP or UPD network socket for connection to a socket server. Subsequently data can be sent to or received from this socket.

Returns:

0 if the connection could not be established, otherwise nonzero.

Parameters:

hostname Domain or IP Address, or NULL for a socket on the local host.
port Socket port number.
TCP 0 for a UDP datagram socket, 1 for a TCP stream socket.

Edition

 P  LC A7.82

Speed:

Medium (UDP), slow (TCP)

Example:

See socket_send

See also:

session_connect, socket_send, socket_receive

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