I posted this message, but it never went through: Not sunny on this end, abit drab today, I'm workin up a socket bind for a MUD game. Heh, why not, nothin ta do wright now. I've taken the main socket() call off of php.net page as an example to bind a port. The script functions, but when I telnet to the binded port...I get nothing. Any help? <?php function init_socket( $port ) { /* Allow the script to hang around waiting for connections. */ set_time_limit (0); $address = '216.166.223.178'; if (($sock = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, 0)) < 0) { echo "socket() failed: reason: " . strerror ($sock) . "\n"; } if (($ret = bind ($sock, $address, $port)) < 0) { echo "bind() failed: reason: " . strerror ($ret) . "\n"; } if (($ret = listen ($sock, 5)) < 0) { echo "listen() failed: reason: " . strerror ($ret) . "\n"; } do { if (($msgsock = accept_connect($sock)) < 0) { echo "accept_connect() failed: reason: " . strerror ($msgsock) . "\n"; break; } do { $buf = ''; $ret = read ($msgsock, $buf, 2048); if ($ret < 0) { echo "read() failed: reason: " . strerror ($ret) . "\n"; break 2; } if ($ret == 0) { break 2; } $buf = trim ($buf); if ($buf == 'quit') { close ($msgsock); break 2; } $talkback = "PHP: You said '$buf'.\n"; write ($msgsock, $talkback, strlen ($talkback)); echo "$buf\n"; } while (true); close ($msgsock); } while (true); } $port = "6969"; $control = init_socket( $port ); printf("Game is up and runnin on %d.", $port ); close ($control); exit( 0 ); ?> -- Kind Regards, --- Kyndig Online Text Game Resource Site: http://www.kyndig.com ICQ# 10451240 ------------------------------------------------------- -- Kind Regards, --- Kyndig Online Text Game Resource Site: http://www.kyndig.com ICQ# 10451240 ------------------------------------------------------- -- Kind Regards, --- Kyndig Online Text Game Resource Site: http://www.kyndig.com ICQ# 10451240 -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]