original_string: public function read($byte_count=null)
      {
  
          $this->log('read from  socket');
          $buffer = '';
  
          if(!is_null($byte_count)) {
          //read the specified amount of data
              $buffer .= fgets($this->socket, 1024);
          } else {
          //read all the data
              while (!feof($this->socket)) {
                  $buffer .= fgets($this->socket, 1024);
              }
          }
  
  
          return $buffer;
      }
code: public function read($byte_count=null)
      {
  
          $this->log('read from  socket');
          $buffer = '';
  
          if(!is_null($byte_count)) {
          //read the specified amount of data
              $buffer .= fgets($this->socket, 1024);
          } else {
          //read all the data
              while (!feof($this->socket)) {
                  $buffer .= fgets($this->socket, 1024);
              }
          }
  
  
          return $buffer;
      }
code_tokens: public function read ( $ byte_count = null ) { $ this -> log ( 'read from  socket' ) ; $ buffer = '' ; if ( ! is_null ( $ byte_count ) ) { //read the specified amount of data $ buffer .= fgets ( $ this -> socket , 1024 ) ; } else { //read all the data while ( ! feof ( $ this -> socket ) ) { $ buffer .= fgets ( $ this -> socket , 1024 ) ; } } return $ buffer ; }
docstring: Read data from the socket
  @param integer $byte_count The amount of data to read, if not set, it reads until feof
  @return string The data read from the socket
docstring_tokens: Read data from the socket