Read From Sockets

[mush]

hi,
I'm developing a client server application in php.
I'm using "socket_write" function to send the data from the client to server . but I can't read the data with the "socket_read" funtion in server because it gives the error to "unable to read".
i'm trying to send the "best" string to the server.
whats the problem with this function . and how can i solve this problem?
thanks a lot

[dalecosp]

Does the listening socket get created? A call to netstat or sockstat should help here...