Read all data from socket

hello i am connecting to a POP3 server and want to read all the data recived into a variable

as you prolly know fgets() only retrives 1 line of data so i made this loop, but when it executes it hits an infinate loop :(

PHP Code:

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while (!feof ($fd)) {

    $buffer = fgets($fd, 4096);

    echo $buffer;

} 


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obiously not good

how can i do this since it says socket_read() is not defined on my hosting server but fsockopen() works fine

thanks for ya help

feof() will not return true until the connection has been closed by either the client or the server.

In the case of the POP3 protocol you would terminate the connection by sending it the QUIT command. You'll then be able to read all the data off the socket using your loop.

POP3 servers tell you the end of the information by sending a period '.' on its own. I think i posted something abot using POP3 with php, ill just take a look.

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PHP Code:

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while(!($msg[0]=='.' && strlen($msg)==3)){
    $msg = fgets($socket_handle,1024);
} 


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That will check for the deliminator. Which will let you carry on with your script after the information has been sent to your script.

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