Gbarr,

Thank you I owe you my sanity. I was only trapping the writes; not the reads. One simple line at your suggestion:

                if (!$nread) {
                    $sel->remove($client);
                }
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did the trick.

Again, thanks!

Alex

PS - This is my first visit here, and it is like the holy grail I've been searching for.... You guys are great.