EventBuffer::drain

(PECL event >= 1.2.6-beta)

EventBuffer::drain — Removes specified number of bytes from the front of the buffer without copying it anywhere

Description

public EventBuffer::drain( int $len ): bool

Behaves as EventBuffer::read() , except that it does not copy the data: it just removes it from the front of the buffer.

Parameters

len

The number of bytes to remove from the buffer.

Return Values

Returns true on success or false on failure.

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