# phpman > perldoc > connect

    connect SOCKET,NAME
            Attempts to connect to a remote socket, just like [connect(2)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/connect/2/markdown).
            Returns true if it succeeded, false otherwise. NAME should be a
            packed address of the appropriate type for the socket. See the
            examples in "Sockets: Client/Server Communication" in perlipc.