flash xml socket will not connect to php socket server

[doc]

Hi
Hard to know where to post this and I don't want to double post it - please move it if you need to,

I am trying to connect a Flash client socket (XML) to a php socket server (using Flash 8 and php 5).
My php socket server responds correctly when I connect to it with a php client socket but I cannot connect with the flash xml client socket.

Both codes are included below - they are both in the same folder on the web site and I am only trying to get them to connect.

Cheers

doc

THE PHP SOCKET SERVER (run on browser for the moment - daemon later when sorted!)
<?php
// set some variables
$host = "my ip address";
$port = 1234;
// don't timeout!
set_time_limit( 0);
// create socket
$socket = socket_create(A F_INET, SOCK_STREAM, SOL_TCP) or die("Could not create socket\n");
// bind socket to port
$result = socket_bind($so cket, $host, $port) or die("Could not bind to socket\n");
// start listening for connections
$result = socket_listen($ socket, 5) or die("Could not set up socketlistener\ n");
// accept incoming connections
// spawn another socket to handle communication
$spawn = socket_accept($ socket) or die("Could not accept incomingconnect ion\n");
// read client input
$input = socket_read($sp awn, 1024) or die("Could not read input\n");
$output = "Hello"."\0 ";
socket_write($s pawn, $output, strlen ($output)) or die("Could not write output\n");
// close sockets
socket_close($s pawn);
socket_close($s ocket);
?>

THE FLASH CLIENT SERVER (this is a one frame swf run on a simple web page)
<code>
mySocket = new XMLSocket();

mySocket.onConn ect = function(succes s) {
if (success) {msgArea.htmlTe xt += "<b>Server connection established!</b>";} else {
msgArea.htmlTex t += "<b>Server connection failed!</b>";}
}

mySocket.onClos e = function() {
msgArea.htmlTex t += "<b>Server connection lost</b>";
}

mySocket.protot ype.onData = function(msg) {
msgArea.htmlTex t += msg;
}

mySocket.connec t("my ip address", 1234);
</code>