How to create and Use Sockets in PHP?

Thanks "loopfinity" . Your reply is appreciable, But still ..lemme show you with an example what I want..

In visual basic 6.0 I am using a socking, its coding is like:

Im sending packets like:

Socket1.SendData (0), HextoAscii("02 03 8E 00 1A 00 00 00 07 00 01 00 00 00 01 01")

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Here (0) is the Array of the socket..


Same thing for Data Arrival method in vb6.0 is:

Private Sub Sockm_DataArrival(ByVal Index As Variant, ByVal bytesTotal As Long)
On Error Resume Next
Dim TempString as String

Socket1.GetData Index, TempString, vbString
If  TempString = "2 1 9C 0 Then
   msgbox "Login Successfully"
Else
  msgbox "Login Failed"
Endif

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Same thing I wann do with the PHP sockets.. so please show me "How can I use above codings in PHP sockets"?

-Thanks alot in Advance..

Sorry for double posting, Ijn the above code

Private Sub Sockm_DataArrival

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is Actually

Private Sub Socket1_DataArrival

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Have you gone through the user manual?

http://php.net/manual/en/book.sockets.php

Thanks Tagit, that link should help me alot, but I want you to convert my above codes into PHP. Thanks

Ok letme reduce the complexity of my question...

What should be the codings for : -

Suppose I wanna create a socket (TCP sockets not HTTP) with 5 arrays and wanna Connect these arrays with "gateway.abcdxyz.com" with Port "9009"

Now, After successfully connectivity , I wanna send a string to connected server.. string is "hello are you there?"

Now, If the connected server reply to my request, then I wanna display those responded message which are coming from the Server..
Example:
If server responding "Yes I am here"

then, how can I get responded message and can display it ?

-Thanks :(

Lolz..Still no reply... Where are experts ???? :@

Thanks :)

no problem but why the B grade? works doesn't it?