Using socket in C with structure sending // CLIENT

client.c

/* tcpclient.c */

#include <sys/socket.h>
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <netinet/in.h>
#include <netdb.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <errno.h>

typedef struct 
{
  char *msg;
  size_t msg_lenght;
  uint16_t type;
} package;

int main()

{
        int sock, bytes_recieved;  
        char send_data[1024],recv_data[1024];
        struct hostent *host;
        struct sockaddr_in server_addr;  

        host = gethostbyname("127.0.0.1");

        if ((sock = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, 0)) == -1) {
            perror("Socket");
            exit(1);
        }

        server_addr.sin_family = AF_INET;     
        server_addr.sin_port = htons(5000);   
        server_addr.sin_addr = *((struct in_addr *)host->h_addr);
        bzero(&(server_addr.sin_zero),8); 

        if (connect(sock, (struct sockaddr *)&server_addr,
                    sizeof(struct sockaddr)) == -1) 
        {
            perror("Connect");
            exit(1);
        }

          package PCKG;

          PCKG.msg = " ";
          PCKG.msg_lenght = 0;
          PCKG.type = 0;
        
      bytes_recieved = recv(sock,&PCKG,1024,0);
      // recv_data[bytes_recieved] = '\0';

       printf("\nMSG = %s \nSTRLEN = %zu\n TYPE = %d\n", PCKG.msg, PCKG.msg_lenght, PCKG.type);

       close(sock);

return 0;
}