Correct me if I'm wrong, but something like: if(($string=fgets($socket,128)) == "hello") echo 'success!'; should work. In C or C++ you would use strcmp, but luckily PHP doesn't have that drawback. Out of curiosity, what are you working on? Regards, Matthew Moldvan --------------------------------------- System Administrator Trilogy International, Inc http://www.trilogyintl.com/ecommerce/ --------------------------------------- -----Original Message----- From: Dave Carrera [mailto:dave@davecarrera.com] Sent: Tuesday, February 11, 2003 1:32 PM To: php-db@lists.php.net Subject: fgets find string help please Hi all I would like to find a string say “hello” from the result of my fsockopen result. I have searched all over for an answer but to no avail so I hand it over to you clever people here. The kind of result I want is if string excists the $result = 0 else $result = 1 I can carry on from there…. while(!feof($socket)) { echo fgets($socket,128); } fclose($socket); $socket is working and echoing a result. Any help is very much appreciated Dave Carrera --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.449 / Virus Database: 251 - Release Date: 27/01/2003 -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php