# PRProtoEnt

Protocol entry returned by {ref}`PR_GetProtoByName` and
{ref}`PR_GetProtoByNumber`.

## Syntax

```{code}
#include <prnetdb.h>

typedef struct PRProtoEnt {
  char *p_name;
  char **p_aliases;
#if defined(_WIN32)
  PRInt16 p_num;
#else
  PRInt32 p_num;
#endif
} PRProtoEnt;
```

### Fields

The structure has the following fields:

`p_name`

: Pointer to official protocol name.

`p_aliases`

: Pointer to a pointer to a list of aliases. The list is terminated
  with a `NULL` entry.

`p_num`

: Protocol number.