socket_write buffer problem

Hi List I am working with an application that has to run as a socket listener. It receives a string from another application on a certain socket and then does some processing and then passes the result back to the client application via the socket. Here is the listener code I am using while(true) { $client = socket_accept($socket); $arev_data = socket_read($client, 1024); $yresponse = build_XML_request($arev_data); socket_write($client, $yresponse); socket_close($client); } socket_close($socket); The application is working fine but I have just noticed that when the $yresponse variable is larger than 1024 bytes the string returned to the client is truncated. I just had a look at the php manual for socket_write and it mentions that truncating the data at the buffer size can be a problem. The manual does not offer any possible solutions though. I am stumped here as the value for $yresponse will often be larger than 1024 bytes and its length is quite variable. Does anyone have any suggestions on how I can make sure the entire contents of $yresponse are passed back to the client? Regards, Richard Luckhurst Product Development Exodus Systems - Sydney, Australia.