Net_NNTP::connectAuthenticated() -- Connects and authenticates to a newsserver
Synopsis
require_once 'Net/NNTP.php'; |
boolean Net_NNTP::connectAuthenticated
([integer $user = NULL [, integer $pass = NULL, string $host = NET_NNTP_PROTOCOL_DEFAULT_HOST [, integer $port = NET_NNTP_PROTOCOL_DEFAULT_PORT, integer [$authmode = NET_NNTP_AUTHORIGINAL]]]])
Description
Connect and authenticate to a specific newsserver
Parameter
$user - Username to authenticate
$pass - Password to authenticate
$host - Hostname of the NNTP-server
$port - Port, where the newsserver listens
$authmode - Type of authentication,
at the moment only
NET_NNTP_AUTHORIGINAL
Return value
boolean -
Returns TRUE on success,
PEAR_Error on failure.
Throws
Table 38-1. Possible PEAR_Error values
Error code | Error message | Reason | Solution |
---|
NULL |
"Could not connect to NNTP-server $nntpserver"
or
"Not connected"
|
The connection couldn't be established because
wrong server name or adress the host itself isn't link to a network a firewall doesn't allow an access
|
Check for server name, the connection to the net and possible
firewalls on client or server side
|
Note
since 0.3
This function can not be called
statically.