# stream_socket_shutdown

(PHP 5 >= 5.2.1, PHP 7)

stream_socket_shutdown — Shutdown a full-duplex connection

### Description

stream_socket_shutdown ( resource `$stream` , int `$how` ) : bool

Shutdowns (partially or not) a full-duplex connection.

> Note:

> The associated buffer, or buffers, may or may not be emptied.

### Parameters

`stream`

  An open stream (opened with stream_socket_client(), for example)

`how`

  One of the following constants: `STREAM_SHUT_RD` (disable further receptions), `STREAM_SHUT_WR` (disable further transmissions) or `STREAM_SHUT_RDWR` (disable further receptions and transmissions).

### Return Values

Returns `TRUE` on success or `FALSE` on failure.

### Examples

Example #1 A stream_socket_shutdown() example

`<?php
$server = stream_socket_server('tcp://127.0.0.1:1337');
$client = stream_socket_client('tcp://127.0.0.1:1337');
var_dump(fputs($client, "hello"));
stream_socket_shutdown($client, STREAM_SHUT_WR);
var_dump(fputs($client, "hello")); // doesn't work now
?>`

The above example will output something similar to:

    int(5)

    Notice: fputs(): send of 5 bytes failed with errno=32 Broken pipe in test.php on line 9
    int(0)

### See Also

- fclose() - Closes an open file pointer