What are the potential limitations of using PHP for Wake-on-LAN functionality?

One potential limitation of using PHP for Wake-on-LAN functionality is that it may not directly support sending Magic Packets required for waking up a device on the network. To overcome this limitation, you can use a third-party library or extension in PHP that provides the necessary functionality for sending Magic Packets. 

// Example code using PHP Wake-on-LAN library to send Magic Packets
require_once('php-wol.php');

$mac_address = '00:11:22:33:44:55';
$broadcast_address = '255.255.255.255';
$port = 9;

$wol = new PHPWOL();
$wol->wake($mac_address, $broadcast_address, $port);

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PHP Wake-on-LAN UDP packets network programming limitations

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