note 30402 deleted from ref.sockets by didou

Note Submitter: Benjamin Kuz ---- The talkback example shown on this page has an error, and may not function as intended on newer versions of PHP. the line that contains if (FALSE === ($buf = socket_read ($msgsock, 2048))) { needs to be if (FALSE === ($buf = socket_read ($msgsock, 2048, PHP_NORMAL_READ))) { This is due to changes in how PHP starts socket_read(), and may be confusing to people trying to use the example. The way it is, it appears that the socket_read() function is executed as quickly as possible returning whatever is in it's buffer before an entire line can be sent. Adding PHP_NORMAL_READ makes it so that the buffer isn't returned until either the buffer length is reached, or a linefeed is sent.