note 31711 deleted from function.socket-read by nlopess

Note Submitter: caesar ---- the read function causes windows to crash when someone disconnects while the script is trying to read. i came up with this small function that eliminates that problem: <? function read(&$sock,&$buff,$len){ $buff = socket_read($sock,$len,PHP_BINARY_READ); if(strlen($buff) == $len) return true; else return false; } ?> $sock = what ever your socket is; $buff = has to be an already defined variable since its passed by refference $len = the number of bytes to read the function returns true if it still has something to read, false if it has recieved everything