--- MemCachedClient.inc.php	2003-07-27 22:12:15.000000000 +0100
+++ MemCachedClient.inc.php	2003-07-27 22:08:31.000000000 +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;
@@ -298,9 +299,12 @@ 
 		}
 
 		$len = strlen($val);
+		if (!is_int($exptime))
+			$exptime = 0;
 
 		// send off the request
 		$cmd = "$cmdname $key $flags $exptime $len\r\n$val\r\n";
+#		echo "<br>Command is: $cmd<br>\n";
 		$cmd_len = strlen($cmd);
 		$offset = 0;
 
@@ -308,7 +312,8 @@ 
 			$offset += socket_write($sock, substr($cmd, $offset, MC_BUFFER_SZ), MC_BUFFER_SZ);
 
 		// now read the server's response
-		if(socket_read($sock, 6, PHP_NORMAL_READ) == "STORED")
+		$l_szResponse = socket_read($sock, 6, PHP_NORMAL_READ);
+		if($l_szResponse == "STORED")
 		{
 			if($this->debug)
 				print "MemCache: $cmdname $key = $raw_val\n";
@@ -318,7 +323,7 @@ 
 		else
 		{
 			if($this->debug)
-				print "_set(): Did not receive STORED as the server response!\r\n";
+				print "_set(): Did not receive STORED as the server response!\r\n; received $l_szResponse instead";
 		}
 
 		return 0;