I switched to a newer version of php because the older version doesn't support Sockets. This new version comes
with the php_sockets.dll extention. I uncommented the line extention=php_sockets.dll in php.ini but when I tried to
create a socket, I get a Windows popup error message that says "Php has caused an error in MSVCRT.DLL. Php will
now close. If you continue to experience problems, try restarting your computer". No doubt I have restarted my computer
several times :-\


Php version: 4.2.1
System: Windows ME
Build Date: May 12 2002
Server APO: CGI
Sockets Support: enabled

I would appreciate any hints offered. Thanks in advance.

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Yeah, I think I know what is the cause :-)
Looks like getservbyname somehow failed to get the port of the service as in getservbyname('www', 'tcp'), and thus a subsequent call to socket_create will cause the above-mentioned error. The solution is simply to set the port to a default value based on an "if" such as:

if($port == "") $port=80;

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it's looks like i can't help anything sorry kpyew ... and its also look like your question are answered by yourself ... thank you cause revealed the problem and solutions ... now i know that before i try

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