I tried the server code listed at http://www.php.net/manual/ref.sockets.php.  Everything seems to work except:

a) it spits back extra (whitespace) characters.  For instance, I connect and type "hi".  I get back:
        PHP: You said "hi"
        PHP: You said ""
This always happens, until I get stuck in a loop as above.


b) it spits back part of the code.  For instance, I changed the script to
        $talkback = "PHP: You said '" . urlencode($buf) . "'.\n";
I then get output like:
        PHP: You said 'foo%0D+%28true%29%3B%0A++++close+%28%24msgsock%29%3B%0A%7D+while+%28true%29%3B%0A%0Aclose+%28%24sock%29%3B%0A%3F%3E'.
        PHP: You said ''.
This only happens on the first line of input.   On the server side, I actually get the tail end of the PHP script output.


c) occasionally it gets stuck in a loop.  For instance, I connect and type "foo".  I get back:
        PHP: You said "f"
        PHP: You said "oo"
        PHP: You said "oo"
        PHP: You said "oo"
        ...etc.
This only seems to happen when I do the urlencode() testing above, and not until the 3rd or 4th line of input.


My knowledge is pretty limited, but might this be some kind of buffer overrun?

- Colin