--- MemCachedClient.inc.php	2003-07-27 21:25:37.000000000 +0100
+++ MemCachedClient.inc.php2	2003-07-27 21:29:03.000000000 +0100
@@ -267,10 +267,11 @@
 			$host = $this->buckets[$hv % $this->bucketcount];
 			$sock = $this->sock_to_host($host);
 
-			if($sock)
+			if(is_resource($sock))
 				return $sock;
 
 			$hv += $this->_hashfunc($tries);
+			$tries++;
 		}
 
 		return null;