http://snipplr.com/view/1606/php--finger-php-simple-client/
http://www.phpro.org/examples/PHP-Finger-Client-Linux-Kernel.html
<?
/*** connect to port 79 ***/
//created a <UL>; list...
$fp = fsockopen('kernel.org', 79);
/*** get the info ***/
while( !feof($fp) ) {
/*** get the text ***/
$text = fgets($fp, 128);
/*** make sure we have a valid line ***/
if(trim($text) != '')
{
/*** add to the list ***/
echo '<li>'. trim($text).'</li>';
}
}
/*** close the file pointer ***/
fclose($fp);
?>