To read from socket both on linux and windows OS having flash as a client I use function bellow. $length is the size of a chunk, not the max length to read. It will continue reading until EOL char occures or client disconnects (or in case of error), so it works for bigger packets as well.
function read($descriptor, $length = 1024) {
$this->method = "read";
if(!$client){
echo("No valid socket descriptor !\n");
return false;
}
$read ='';
while(($flag=socket_recv($descriptor, $buf, $length,0))>0){
$asc=ord(substr($buf, -1));
if ($asc==0) {
$read.=substr($buf,0,-1);
break;
}else{
$read.=$buf;
}
}
if ($flag<0){
//error
return false;
}elseif ($flag==0){
//Client disconnected
return false;
}else{
return $read;
}
}
