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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
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<refentry xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook" xml:id="function.socket-getpeername">
 <refnamediv>
  <refname>socket_getpeername</refname>
  <refpurpose>Queries the remote side of the given socket which may either result in host/port or in a Unix filesystem path, dependent on its type</refpurpose>
 </refnamediv>
 
 <refsect1 role="description">
  &reftitle.description;
  <methodsynopsis>
   <type>bool</type><methodname>socket_getpeername</methodname>
   <methodparam><type>resource</type><parameter>socket</parameter></methodparam>
   <methodparam><type>string</type><parameter role="reference">address</parameter></methodparam>
   <methodparam choice="opt"><type>int</type><parameter role="reference">port</parameter></methodparam>
  </methodsynopsis>
  <para>
   Queries the remote side of the given socket which may either result in
   host/port or in a Unix filesystem path, dependent on its type.
  </para>
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1 role="parameters">
  &reftitle.parameters;
  <para>
   <variablelist>
    <varlistentry>
     <term><parameter>socket</parameter></term>
     <listitem>
      <para>
       A valid socket resource created with <function>socket_create</function>
       or <function>socket_accept</function>.
      </para>
     </listitem>
    </varlistentry>
    <varlistentry>
     <term><parameter>address</parameter></term>
     <listitem>
      <para>
       If the given socket is of type <constant>AF_INET</constant> or
       <constant>AF_INET6</constant>, <function>socket_getpeername</function>
       will return the peers (remote) <emphasis>IP address</emphasis> in
       appropriate notation (e.g. <literal>127.0.0.1</literal> or
       <literal>fe80::1</literal>) in the <parameter>address</parameter>
       parameter and, if the optional <parameter>port</parameter> parameter is
       present, also the associated port.
      </para>
      <para>
       If the given socket is of type <constant>AF_UNIX</constant>,
       <function>socket_getpeername</function> will return the Unix filesystem
       path (e.g. <literal>/var/run/daemon.sock</literal>) in the
       <parameter>address</parameter> parameter.
      </para>
     </listitem>
    </varlistentry>
    <varlistentry>
     <term><parameter>port</parameter></term>
     <listitem>
      <para>
       If given, this will hold the port associated to
       <parameter>address</parameter>.
      </para>
     </listitem>
    </varlistentry>
   </variablelist>
  </para>
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1 role="returnvalues">
  &reftitle.returnvalues;
  <para>
   &return.success; <function>socket_getpeername</function> may also return
   &false; if the socket type is not any of <constant>AF_INET</constant>,
   <constant>AF_INET6</constant>, or <constant>AF_UNIX</constant>, in which
   case the last socket error code is <emphasis>not</emphasis> updated.
  </para>
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1 role="notes">
  &reftitle.notes;
  <note>
   <para>
    <function>socket_getpeername</function> should not be used with
    <constant>AF_UNIX</constant> sockets created with <function>socket_accept</function>.
    Only sockets created with <function>socket_connect</function> or a primary
    server socket following a call to <function>socket_bind</function> will return
    meaningful values.
   </para>
  </note>
  <note>
   <para>
    For having <function>socket_getpeername</function> to return a meaningful value,
    the socket it is applied upon must of course be one for which the concept of 
    "peer" makes sense.
   </para>
  </note>
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1 role="seealso">
  &reftitle.seealso;
  <para>
   <simplelist>
    <member><function>socket_getsockname</function></member>
    <member><function>socket_last_error</function></member>
    <member><function>socket_strerror</function></member>
   </simplelist>
  </para>
 </refsect1>

</refentry>

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