diff --git a/functions/sockets.xml b/functions/sockets.xml
index f9b5b9de03..de7835cf91 100644
--- a/functions/sockets.xml
+++ b/functions/sockets.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
-<!-- $Revision: 1.30 $ -->
+<!-- $Revision: 1.31 $ -->
  <reference id="ref.sockets">
   <title>Socket functions</title>
   <titleabbrev>Sockets</titleabbrev>
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@
      </para>
      <programlisting role="php">
 <![CDATA[
+#!/usr/local/bin/php -q
 <?php
 error_reporting (E_ALL);
 
@@ -75,17 +76,23 @@ do {
         echo "socket_accept() failed: reason: " . socket_strerror ($msgsock) . "\n";
         break;
     }
+    /* Send instructions. */
+    $msg = "\nWelcome to the PHP Test Server. \n" .
+        "To quit, type 'quit'. To shut down the server type 'shutdown'.\n";
+    socket_write($msgsock, $msg, strlen($msg));
+
     do {
-        $buf = socket_read ($msgsock, 2048);
-        if ($buf == FALSE) {
+        if (FALSE === ($buf = socket_read ($msgsock, 2048))) {
             echo "socket_read() failed: reason: " . socket_strerror ($ret) . "\n";
             break 2;
         }
-        if (!$buf) {
-            break 2;
+        if (!$buf = trim ($buf)) {
+            continue;
         }
-        $buf = trim ($buf);
         if ($buf == 'quit') {
+            break;
+        }
+        if ($buf == 'shutdown') {
             socket_close ($msgsock);
             break 2;
         }
@@ -128,7 +135,7 @@ $socket = socket_create (AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, 0);
 if ($socket < 0) {
     echo "socket_create() failed: reason: " . socket_strerror ($socket) . "\n";
 } else {
-    "socket_create() successful: " . socket_strerror ($socket) . "\n";
+    echo "OK.\n";
 }
 
 echo "Attempting to connect to '$address' on port '$service_port'...";