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<div id="function.getprotobynumber" class="refentry">
 <div class="refnamediv">
  <h1 class="refname">getprotobynumber</h1>
  <p class="verinfo">(PHP 4, PHP 5, PHP 7, PHP 8)</p><p class="refpurpose"><span class="refname">getprotobynumber</span> &mdash; <span class="dc-title">Get protocol name associated with protocol number</span></p>

 </div>
 
 <div class="refsect1 description" id="refsect1-function.getprotobynumber-description">
  <h3 class="title">Description</h3>
  <div class="methodsynopsis dc-description">
   <span class="methodname"><strong>getprotobynumber</strong></span>(<span class="methodparam"><span class="type"><a href="language.types.integer.php" class="type int">int</a></span> <code class="parameter">$protocol</code></span>): <span class="type"><span class="type"><a href="language.types.string.php" class="type string">string</a></span>|<span class="type"><a href="language.types.singleton.php" class="type false">false</a></span></span></div>

  <p class="para rdfs-comment">
   <span class="function"><strong>getprotobynumber()</strong></span> returns the protocol name
   associated with protocol <code class="parameter">protocol</code> as per
   <var class="filename">/etc/protocols</var>.
  </p>
 </div>


 <div class="refsect1 parameters" id="refsect1-function.getprotobynumber-parameters">
  <h3 class="title">Parameters</h3>
  <p class="para">
   <dl>
    
     <dt><code class="parameter">protocol</code></dt>
     <dd>
      <p class="para">
       The protocol number.
      </p>
     </dd>
    
   </dl>
  </p>
 </div>


 <div class="refsect1 returnvalues" id="refsect1-function.getprotobynumber-returnvalues">
  <h3 class="title">Return Values</h3>
  <p class="para">
   Returns the protocol name as a string,  or <strong><code><a href="reserved.constants.php#constant.false">false</a></code></strong> on failure.
  </p>
 </div>


 <div class="refsect1 seealso" id="refsect1-function.getprotobynumber-seealso">
  <h3 class="title">See Also</h3>
  <p class="para">
   <ul class="simplelist">
    <li><span class="function"><a href="function.getprotobyname.php" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">getprotobyname()</a> - Get protocol number associated with protocol name</span></li>
   </ul>
  </p>
 </div>


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