socket_recv, socket_read

[Limpster]

Im connecting to an NNTP server. I create the socket and connect to it. I recieve the first line (+ok) but when I call either socket_recv, socket_read, or socket_recvfrom the script loops or freezes. Even when I send the list command(which works) and then try to read the socket it freezes. Any ideas why? Code included below.

$socket = socket_create(AF_INET,SOCK_STREAM,SOL_TCP);
    if(!$socket)
    {
        die("Socket Creation failed");
    }
    $result = socket_connect($socket,"news.cs.rit.edu",119);
    if(!$result)
    {
        die("Connection failed");
    }
socket_recv($socket,$buffer,1024,0);
    echo $buffer; //Returns OK
socket_send($socket,"LIST",4,0);
socket_recv($socket,$buffer,1024,0);
    echo $buffer;