sockets and logging in to data feed

[aenemated]

ok, i have an XML feed that comes through a TCP/IP socket. what i need to do is connect to this server, log in and then simply echo the data it feeds me.

then do it again.

i've tried a few generic socket connection scripts but nothing seems to work. and i'm not even 100% sure of how to handle the logging in. i've not really worked with the socket functionality much, so this gig is all a little new to me.

any ideas?

[ednark]

what do you need to send to the socket when in order to log in?
what is your basic code you are trying... right now your question is a little to vague for anyone to help i think

[aenemated]

all i have to send, at least when i telnet in, is a username and password. no USER command or anything.

i cant even read the welcome message. any usage of fputs or fgets causes everything to hang.

$host="64.246.64.23";
$port = 4500;
$user = "winningedge";
$pass = "dotcom";
$timeout = 45; 

$fp = fsockopen($host, $port, $errno, $errstr, $timeout); 

if(!$fp) 
	{
	echo $errstr." Error Number:".$errno."<br>"; 
	} else {
	echo "Connection successful."; 
	}

that returns a successful connection. but thats where i'm stuck. go ahead and try to login via telnet. it leads to a nice big XML stream.