File and socket handles

Greetings all I've scanned the list archives but not found anything that relates to my problem with socket handles. I want to open a socket connection from one frame (script) and transmit data to the user from that socket - no problem there, all working fine using either fsockopen or pfsockopen. I also want to use the same connection for data from the user to the socket from another frame and I can't find a way of passing the socket handle to the script that handles that part of the transaction. I've tried hidden fields and passing it via a database but each time I get "Warning: Supplied argument is not a valid File-Handle resource in /blah.php on line xxx" Looking at the variable I pass about I have the value "Resource id #1" which I understand means the variable is entirely internal to php and can't be represented outside of the interpreter and hence convey its value. All I wanna do it $handle = fsockopen(host,port); in one script and use fputs($handle,$data) in another one with some means of passing "$handle" So how the heck do I pass it around - there must be a way!! -- Robin Internet: g8ecj@abmdata.demon.co.uk http://www.gb7ipd.freeserve.co.uk/ Anorak mode = Shack: (+44) 1628 533311 Fax: (+44) 1628 850165 Club pages (g4xyw modem etc) at http://www.tvipug.org