note 20672 added to function.fgets

Is there a PHP function to read a file descriptor (in my case a socket), and return when there is a *short* read (not EOF), the way read(2) does? I'd like to write a network application, but I have no way of retrieving a partial line without hanging. -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.fgets.php http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=edit+20672 http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+20672 http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=reject+20672