Quickie PHP Socket connection

$config = array(

'server' => 'serverName',
'port' => 'portNo' );

$socket = fsockopen($config['server'], $config['port'], $errno, $errstr);

if(!$socket) {

        die("Error on page: ".$errno." ".$errstr); }
//uncomment below if stream blocking is needed.
//stream_set_blocking($socket, 1);
$data .= fread($socket, 4096);

echo $data."\n";

fclose($socket);