what is a stream in php code example

Example: PHP Stream Functions

The Stream functions are part of the PHP core. There is no installation needed to use these functions.
  
set_socket_blocking()	Deprecated in PHP 5.4, and removed in PHP 7.0. Alias of stream_set_blocking()
stream_bucket_prepend()	 
stream_context_create()	 
stream_context_get_default()	 
stream_context_get_options()	 
stream_context_get_params()	 
stream_context_set_default()	 
stream_context_set_options()	 
stream_context_set_params()	 
stream_copy_to_stream()	Copies data from one stream to another
stream_filter_append()	Appends a filter to a stream
stream_filter_prepend()	 
stream_filter_register()	 
stream_filter_remove()	 
stream_get_contents()	 
stream_get_filters()	 
stream_get_line()	 
stream_get_meta_data()	 
stream_get_transports()	 
stream_get_wrappers()	 
stream_is_local()	 
stream_isatty()	 
stream_notification_callback()	 
stream_register_wrapper()	Alias of stream_wrapper_register()
stream_resolve_include_path()	 
stream_select()	 
stream_set_blocking()	 
stream_set_chunk_size()	 
stream_set_read_buffer()	 
stream_set_timeout()	 
stream_set_write_buffer()	 
stream_socket_accept()	 
stream_socket_client()	 
stream_socket_enable_crypto()	 
stream_socket_get_name()	 
stream_socket_pair()	 
stream_socket_recvfrom()	 
stream_socket_sendto()	 
stream_socket_server()	 
stream_socket_shutdown()	 
stream_supports_lock()	 
stream_wrapper_register()	 
stream_wrapper_restore()	 
stream_wrapper_unregister()