PHP Manual: socket_import

function socket_import_stream(resource $stream): Socket|false

Imports a stream that encapsulates a socket into a socket extension resource.

Returns false on failure.

Version	Description
8.0.0	On success, this function returns a Socket instance now; previously, a resource was returned.

Example #1 socket_import_stream() example

<?php
$stream = stream_socket_server("udp://0.0.0.0:58380", $errno, $errstr, STREAM_SERVER_BIND); 
$sock   = socket_import_stream($stream);
?>

socket_import_stream