getservbyport

Get Internet service which corresponds to port and protocol

Description

stringfalse getservbyport(int $port, string $protocol)

getservbyport returns the Internet service associated with port for the specified protocol as per /etc/services.

Parameters

port

The port number.

protocol

protocol is either "tcp" or "udp" (in lowercase).

Return Values

Returns the Internet service name as a string, or false on failure.

See Also

  • getservbyname