diff --git a/api-example.php b/api-example.php
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+<?php
+#
+# Sample Socket I/O to CGMiner API
+#
+function getsock($port)
+{
+ $socket = null;
+ $socket = socket_create(AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, SOL_TCP);
+ if ($socket === false || $socket === null)
+ {
+	$error = socket_strerror(socket_last_error());
+	$msg = "socket create($port) failed";
+	echo "ERR: $msg '$error'\n";
+	return NULL;
+ }
+
+ $res = socket_connect($socket, '127.0.0.1', $port);
+ if ($res === false)
+ {
+	$error = socket_strerror(socket_last_error());
+	$msg = "socket connect($port) failed";
+	echo "ERR: $msg '$error'\n";
+	socket_close($socket);
+	return NULL;
+ }
+ return $socket;
+}
+#
+# Slow ...
+function readsockline($socket)
+{
+ $line = '';
+ while (true)
+ {
+	$byte = socket_read($socket, 1);
+	if ($byte === false || $byte === '')
+		break;
+	if ($byte === "\0")
+		break;
+	$line .= $byte;
+ }
+ return $line;
+}
+#
+function request($cmd)
+{
+ $socket = getsock(4028);
+ if ($socket != null)
+ {
+	socket_write($socket, $cmd, strlen($cmd));
+	$line = readsockline($socket);
+	socket_close($socket);
+
+	if (strlen($line) == 0)
+	{
+		echo "WARN: '$cmd' returned nothing\n";
+		return $line;
+	}
+
+	print "$cmd returned '$line'\n";
+
+	$data = array();
+
+	$objs = explode('|', $line);
+	foreach ($objs as $obj)
+	{
+		if (strlen($obj) > 0)
+		{
+			$items = explode(',', $obj);
+			$item = $items[0];
+			$id = explode('=', $items[0], 2);
+			if (count($id) == 1)
+				$name = $id[0];
+			else
+				$name = $id[0].$id[1];
+
+			if (strlen($name) == 0)
+				$name = 'null';
+
+			if (isset($data[$name]))
+			{
+				$num = 1;
+				while (isset($data[$name.$num]))
+					$num++;
+				$name .= $num;
+			}
+
+			$counter = 0;
+			foreach ($items as $item)
+			{
+				$id = explode('=', $item, 2);
+				if (count($id) == 2)
+					$data[$name][$id[0]] = $id[1];
+				else
+					$data[$name][$counter] = $id[0];
+
+				$counter++;
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	return $data;
+ }
+
+ return null;
+}
+#
+$ver = request('apiversion');
+echo print_r($ver, true)."\n";
+#
+$dev = request('dev');
+echo print_r($dev, true)."\n";
+#
+$pool = request('pool');
+echo print_r($pool, true)."\n";
+#
+?>
diff --git a/api.c b/api.c
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+/*
+ * Copyright 2011 Kano
+ * Copyright 2011 Con Kolivas
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free
+ * Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option)
+ * any later version.  See COPYING for more details.
+ */
+
+#include "config.h"
+
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <stdbool.h>
+#include <stdint.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <sys/time.h>
+#include <time.h>
+#include <math.h>
+#include <stdarg.h>
+#include <assert.h>
+
+#include <sys/stat.h>
+#include <sys/types.h>
+
+#include "compat.h"
+#include "miner.h"
+
+#if defined(unix)
+	#include <errno.h>
+//	#include <fcntl.h>
+//	#include <sys/wait.h>
+#endif
+
+// Big enough for largest API request
+//  though a PC with 100s of CPUs may exceed the size ...
+// Current code assumes it can socket send this size also
+#define MYBUFSIZ	16384
+
+static char *buffer = NULL;
+
+static const char *UNAVAILABLE = " - API will not be available";
+
+static const char *BLANK = "";
+
+static const char *VERSION = "0.1";
+static const char *DEAD = "DEAD";
+static const char *SICK = "SICK";
+static const char *DISABLED = "DISABLED";
+static const char * = "";
+zzz -> other pool status
+
+static int bye = 0;
+
+char *apiversion(char *params)
+{
+	return VERSION;
+}
+
+void gpustatus(int thr_id)
+{
+	char buf[BUFSIZ];
+	char status_buf[BUFSIZ];
+	char *status;
+	float gt;
+	int gf, gp;
+
+	if (thr_id >= 0 && thr_id < gpu_threads) {
+		int gpu = dev_from_id(thr_id);
+		struct cgpu_info *cgpu = &gpus[gpu];
+
+		cgpu->utility = cgpu->accepted / ( total_secs ? total_secs : 1 ) * 60;
+
+#ifdef HAVE_ADL
+		if (cgpu->has_adl) {
+			gt = gpu_temp(gpu);
+			gf = gpu_fanspeed(gpu);
+			gp = gpu_fanpercent(gpu);
+		}
+		else
+#endif
+		gt = gf = gp = 0;
+
+		if (cgpu->status == LIFE_DEAD)
+			status = DEAD;
+		else if (cgpu->status == LIFE_SICK)
+			status = SICK;
+		else if (!gpu_devices[gpu])
+			status = DISABLED;
+		else {
+			sprintf(status_buf, "%.1f", cgpu->rolling);
+			status = status_buf;
+		}
+
+		sprintf(buf, "G%d=%.2f,%d,%d,%s,%.2f,%d,%d,%d,%.2f,%d|",
+			gpu, gt, gf, gp, status,
+			cgpu->total_mhashes / total_secs,
+			cgpu->accepted, cgpu->rejected, cgpu->hw_errors,
+			cgpu->utility, gpus[gpu].intensity);
+
+		strcat(buffer, buf);
+	}
+}
+
+void cpustatus(int thr_id)
+{
+	char buf[BUFSIZ];
+
+	if (thr_id >= gpu_threads) {
+		int cpu = dev_from_id(thr_id);
+		struct cgpu_info *cgpu = &cpus[cpu];
+
+		cgpu->utility = cgpu->accepted / ( total_secs ? total_secs : 1 ) * 60;
+
+		sprintf(buf, "C%d=%.2f,%.2f,%d,%d,%d,%.2f,%d|",
+			cpu, cgpu->rolling,
+			cgpu->total_mhashes / total_secs,
+			cgpu->accepted, cgpu->rejected, cgpu->hw_errors,
+			cgpu->utility, gpus[gpu].intensity);
+
+		strcat(buffer, buf);
+	}
+}
+
+char *devstatus(char *params)
+{
+	int i;
+
+	*buffer = '\0';
+
+	for (i = 0; i < gpu_threads; i++)
+		gpustatus(i);
+
+	for (i = gpu_threads; i < mining_threads; i++)
+		cpustatus(i);
+
+	return buffer;
+}
+
+char *poolstatus(char *params)
+{
+	char buf[BUFSIZ];
+	char *status;
+	int i;
+
+	*buffer = '\0';
+
+	for (i = 0; i < total_pools; i++) {
+		struct pool *pool = pools[i];
+
+		if (!pool->enabled)
+			status = DISABLED;
+		else
+			status = OK;
+
+		sprintf(buf, "P%d=%s,%s,%d,%d,%d,%d,%d,%d,%d|",
+			i, pool->rpc_url, status,
+			pool->getwork_requested,
+			pool->accepted, pool->rejected,
+			pool->discarded_work,
+			pool->stale_shares,
+			pool->getfail_occasions,
+			pool->remotefail_occasions);
+
+		strcat(buffer, buf);
+	}
+
+	return buffer;
+}
+
+struct CMDS {
+	const char *cmd;
+	char (*func)();
+} cmds[] = {
+	{ "apiversion",	apiversion },
+	{ "dev",	devstatus },
+	{ "pool",	poolstatus }
+};
+
+#define MAXCMD sizeof(cmds)/sizeof(struct CMDS)
+
+void send_result(int c, char *result)
+{
+	int n;
+
+	if (result == NULL)
+		result = BLANK;
+
+	// ignore failure - it's closed immediately anyway
+	n = write(c, result, strlen(result)+1);
+}
+
+static void api()
+{
+	const char *addr;
+	int c, sock, n, bound;
+	char *binderror;
+	time_t bindstart;
+	short int port = 4028;
+	struct sockaddr_in serv;
+	struct sockaddr_in cli;
+	socklen_t clisiz;
+	long long counter;
+	char *result;
+	char *params;
+
+	addr = "127.0.0.1";
+
+	sock = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, 0);
+	if (sock < 0) {
+		applog(LOG_ERR, "API1 initialisation failed (%s)%s", strerror(errno), UNAVAILABLE);
+		return NULL;
+	}
+
+	memset(&serv, 0, sizeof(serv));
+
+	serv.sin_family = AF_INET;
+	if (inet_pton(AF_INET, addr, &(serv.sin_addr)) == 0) {
+		applog(LOG_ERR, "API2 initialisation failed (%s)%s", strerror(errno), UNAVAILABLE);
+		return NULL;
+	}
+	serv.sin_port = htons(port);
+
+	// try for 1 minute ... in case the old one hasn't completely gone yet
+	bound = 0;
+	bindstart = time(NULL);
+	while (bound == 0) {
+		if (bind(sock, (struct sockaddr *)(&serv), sizeof(serv)) < 0) {
+			binderror = strerror(errno);
+			if ((time(NULL) - bindstart) > 61)
+				break;
+			else {
+				applog(LOG_ERR, "API bind to port %d failed - trying again in 10sec", port);
+				sleep(10);
+			}
+		}
+		else
+			bound = 1;
+	}
+
+	if (bound == 0) {
+		applog(LOG_ERR, "API bind to port %d failed (%s)%s", port, binderror, UNAVAILABLE);
+		return NULL;
+	}
+
+	if (listen(sock, QUEUE) < 0) {
+		applog(LOG_ERR, "API3 initialisation failed (%s)%s", strerror(errno), UNAVAILABLE);
+		close(sock);
+		return NULL;
+	}
+
+	buffer = malloc(MYBUFSIZ+1);
+
+	counter = 0;
+	while (bye == 0) {
+		counter++;
+
+		clisiz = sizeof(cli);
+		if ((c = accept(sock, (struct sockaddr *)(&cli), &clisiz)) < 0) {
+			applog(LOG_ERR, "API failed (%s)%s", strerror(errno), UNAVAILABLE);
+			close(sock);
+			free(buffer);
+			return NULL;
+		}
+
+		inet_ntop(AF_INET, &(cli.sin_addr), &(tmpaddr[0]), sizeof(tmpaddr)-1);
+		if (strcmp(tmpaddr, addr) != 0)
+			close(c);
+		else {
+			n = read(c, &buf[0], BUFS);
+			if (n < 0)
+				close(c);
+			else {
+				params = strchr(buf, '|');
+				if (params != NULL)
+					*(params++) = '\0';
+
+				for (i = 0; i < CMDMAX; i++) {
+					if (strcmp(buf, cmds[i].name) == 0) {
+						result = cmds[i].func(params);
+						send_result(c, result);
+						close(c);
+						break;
+					}
+				}
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	close(sock);
+	free(buffer);
+
+	return NULL;
+}