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<refentry xml:id="function.socket-addrinfo-bind" xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">
 <refnamediv>
  <refname>socket_addrinfo_bind</refname>
  <refpurpose>Create and bind to a socket from a given addrinfo</refpurpose>
 </refnamediv>

 <refsect1 role="description">
  &reftitle.description;
  <methodsynopsis>
   <type class="union"><type>Socket</type><type>false</type></type><methodname>socket_addrinfo_bind</methodname>
   <methodparam><type>AddressInfo</type><parameter>address</parameter></methodparam>
  </methodsynopsis>
  <para>
   Create a <classname>Socket</classname> instance, and bind it to the provided <classname>AddressInfo</classname>.  The return
   value of this function may be used with <function>socket_listen</function>.
  </para>

 </refsect1>

 <refsect1 role="parameters">
  &reftitle.parameters;
  <variablelist>
   <varlistentry>
    <term><parameter>address</parameter></term>
    <listitem>
     <para>
      <classname>AddressInfo</classname> instance created from <function>socket_addrinfo_lookup</function>.
     </para>
    </listitem>
   </varlistentry>
  </variablelist>
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1 role="returnvalues">
  &reftitle.returnvalues;
  <para>
   Returns a <classname>Socket</classname> instance on success or &false; on failure.
  </para>
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1 role="changelog">
  &reftitle.changelog;
  <informaltable>
   <tgroup cols="2">
    <thead>
     <row>
      <entry>&Version;</entry>
      <entry>&Description;</entry>
     </row>
    </thead>
    <tbody>
     <row>
      <entry>8.0.0</entry>
      <entry>
       On success, this function returns a <classname>Socket</classname> instance now;
       previously, a <type>resource</type> was returned.
      </entry>
     </row>
     &sockets.changelog.address-param;
    </tbody>
   </tgroup>
  </informaltable>
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1 role="seealso">
  &reftitle.seealso;
  <para>
   <simplelist>
    <member><function>socket_addrinfo_connect</function></member>
    <member><function>socket_addrinfo_explain</function></member>
    <member><function>socket_addrinfo_lookup</function></member>
    <member><function>socket_listen</function></member>
   </simplelist>
  </para>
 </refsect1>
 
</refentry>
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