fttp/readsock.php

<?php
$socket = fsockopen("localhost", 8888, $errno, $errstr); 

if($socket) 
{ 
    echo "Connected!\n"; 
} 
else 
{ 
    echo "Connection failed!\n"; 
} 

fputs($socket, "feed"); 

$buffer = ""; 

while(!feof($socket)) 
{ 
    $buffer .=fgets($socket, 4096); 
} 

print_r($buffer); 
echo "\n\n"; 
var_dump($buffer); 

fclose($socket); 
?>