... Next . 3.0.3 - 3.0.18 only, PHP 4 >= 4.0.0) hw_Connect -- opens a connection . int hw_connect ( string host, int port, string username, string password) . Opens a connection to a Hyperwave server and returns a connection index on success, or FALSE if the connection could not be made. Each of the arguments should be a quoted string, except for the port number. ... This function returns a connection index that is needed by other Hyperwave functions. ...