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getprotobynumber

Name

getprotobynumber — Gets the protocol name for a protocol number.

Synopsis

mixed getprotobynumber(port_number); int port_number: Port number

Returns

Name of the protocol; FALSE on error

Description

getprotobynumber() gets the protocol name for the given protocol number on the local system. If the protocol number is not recognized, the function returns FALSE. If you're looking for port-to-service mapping (that is, port 80 is HTTP), see getservbyport() .

Information on the protocol names and corresponding numbers can be found in RFC 1340 and your system's /etc/protocolorc:\windows\protocol file (if present).

Version

PHP Version: 4.0b4+

Example

Example 839. Find which protocols are assigned to the first 255 available protocol numbers

<pre>
<?php
$format = "%6s %s\n";
printf ($format, 'Number', 'Protocol');
printf ($format, '------', '--------');

for ($number = 0; $number < 255; $number++) {
   if (getprotobynumber ($number))
      printf ($format, " $number", getprotobynumber ($number));
}
?>
</pre>

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