getservbyname

Description

getservbyname() returns the Internet port which corresponds to service for the specified protocol as per /etc/services. protocol is either "tcp" or "udp" (in lowercase). Returns FALSE if service or protocol is not found.

Example 1. getservbyname() example <?php $services = array('http', 'ftp', 'ssh', 'telnet', 'imap', 'smtp', 'nicname', 'gopher', 'finger', 'pop3', 'www'); foreach ($services as $service) {                         $port = getservbyname($service, 'tcp');     echo $service . ": " . $port . "<br />\n"; } ?>

For complete list of port numbers see: http://www.iana.org/assignments/port-numbers.

See also: getservbyport().