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Connect a TCP or TLS Socket

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Demonstrates Socket.Connect, which establishes a TCP connection to a host and port. Setting the TLS argument to _TRUE_ performs a TLS handshake after the TCP connection succeeds.

Background. The hostname may be a DNS name or a numeric IPv4/IPv6 address. The final argument bounds how long the connect attempt waits before failing. On failure, ConnectFailReason and LastErrorText provide detail.

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<?php

$success = 0;

$socket = new COM("Chilkat.Socket");

//  Connect to the server using TLS.  The 3rd argument enables the TLS handshake after the TCP
//  connection succeeds; the 4th is the maximum time to wait, in milliseconds.
$bTls = 1;
$maxWaitMs = 5000;
$success = $socket->Connect('example.com',5000,$bTls,$maxWaitMs);
if ($success == 0) {
    print $socket->LastErrorText . "\n";
    exit;
}

//  StringCharset controls the character encoding used when sending and receiving text.
$socket->StringCharset = 'utf-8';

//  The socket is now connected and ready to send and receive data using whatever protocol the
//  application implements.
print 'Connected: ' . $socket->IsConnected . "\n";

//  Close the connection when finished.  The argument is the maximum time to wait for a clean
//  shutdown, in milliseconds.
$success = $socket->Close(1000);
if ($success == 0) {
    print $socket->LastErrorText . "\n";
    exit;
}


?>