getprotobyname

(PHP 4, PHP 5)

getprotobyname --  Get protocol number associated with protocol name

Description

int getprotobyname ( string name )

getprotobyname() returns the protocol number associated with the protocol name as per /etc/protocols.

Example 1. getprotobyname() example

<?php
$protocol 
'tcp';
$get_prot getprotobyname($protocol);
if (
$get_prot == -1) {
    
// if nothing found, returns -1
    
echo 'Invalid Protocol';
} else {
    echo 
'Protocol #' $get_prot;
}
?>

See also: getprotobynumber().