How to enable Socket in PHP?

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Could any one tell me how to enable SOCKET support in PHP ?

score 66 · Accepted Answer · edited Jun 21 '17 at 18:41

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This answer assumes you do have a php_sockets.dll extension file accessible (in your PHP installation extension directory or where required);

If you're using windows, just uncomment the following line in your php.ini file:

;extension=php_sockets.dll

If you are missing the php_sockets.dll, you can download it from php.net.

edited Jun 21 '17 at 18:41

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answered Sep 01 '09 at 11:28

Sampson

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I have a linux godadday machine running a website. How do I enable socket programming there? – user1051505 Jan 11 '13 at 12:56
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@user1051505 You might find [this discussion](http://support.godaddy.com/groups/web-hosting/forum/topic/php-sockets/?pc_split_value=2) in the GoDaddy forums to be helpful. – Sampson Jan 11 '13 at 15:46
I'm using XAMPP and I was getting `"Call to undefined function socket_create()..."` error. Although I have the `php_sockets.dll` file, `extension=php_sockets.dll` was not added to the `php.ini`. I had to add it manually. Now, it's working. – akinuri Apr 09 '18 at 06:53
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in xampp server , its ;extension=sockets. this helped. – adeel ahmad Jun 07 '20 at 07:02

score 49 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 30 '20 at 10:12

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The PHP Docker images come with 3 helper script commands that make installing and configuring extensions easier:

docker-php-ext-configure: This command allows you to provide the custom arguments for an extension.
docker-php-ext-install: Use this command to install new extensions in your container.
docker-php-ext-enable: This command can be used to enable PHP extensions.

Run

docker-php-ext-install sockets

Reference: https://confluence.atlassian.com/bitbucket/php-with-bitbucket-pipelines-873907835.html#PHPwithBitbucketPipelines-InstallandenablePHPextensions

answered Jan 30 '20 at 10:12

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this is the correct answer if youre using docker – AaronHS Jan 08 '21 at 02:55
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This showing a lot of errors. _/usr/src/php/ext/sockets/sendrecvmsg.c:128:19: error: invalid application of 'sizeof'_, _/usr/src/php/ext/sockets/sendrecvmsg.c:129:36: error: 'SCM_CREDS' undeclared_, And in the end: _make: *** [Makefile:213: sendrecvmsg.lo] Error 1_ (PHP 8.1 x64) – vee Jan 22 '22 at 13:59

user889030 · Answer 3 · 2022-08-25T06:10:45.837

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here are noobs instructions

go to your php installation directory in windows it can be something like this c:\xampp\php
the go to ext directory in php\ext\
check if your have php_sockets.dll in that directory
after that open php.ini file which will be in your php folder
next search for ;extension=php_sockets.dll

if you find it then remove ; from it

if you not find it then search for extension=

and then below some extension add extension=php_sockets.dll

and finally restart your apache service.

edited Aug 25 '22 at 06:10

answered Mar 20 '20 at 10:23

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in xampp latest version you will found ;extension=sockets not this ;extension=php_sockets.dll so you need to remove ; from ;extension=sockets and restart your apache. – Atul Baldaniya Jun 08 '21 at 06:04

score 8 · Answer 4 · edited Nov 28 '19 at 05:51

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For those of you that having this problem when installing RabbitMQ php library

Problem 1

Installation request for php-amqplib/php-amqplib ^2.11 -> satisfiable by php- amqplib/php-amqplib[v2.11.0].
php-amqplib/php-amqplib v2.11.0 requires ext-sockets * -> the requested PHP extension sockets is missing from your system.

Solution

change ;extension=sockets to extension=sockets over php.init

Screenshot

Notes:

Not sockets.dll, only sockets

edited Nov 28 '19 at 05:51

David García Bodego

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answered Nov 28 '19 at 04:04

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well I didn't solved my similar problem with this answer, but this answer is true and I solved it and then saw this answer. silly me :) – mohammad fallah.rasoulnejad Mar 21 '20 at 14:02
Hey bro, thansk for commenting yeah, lets solve more problem. – LAW WEI LIANG Mar 22 '20 at 04:10
Note that it might be in a separate `.ini` file. You can list all loaded files with `php --ini`. In my case I had it in `20-sockets.ini`. – The Unknown Dev Jul 02 '21 at 14:25

score 3 · Answer 5 · answered Sep 01 '09 at 11:29

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The socket functions described here are part of an extension to PHP which must be enabled at compile time by giving the --enable-sockets option to configure.

From the extension's documentation.

answered Sep 01 '09 at 11:29

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