diff --git a/test/filecat.php b/test/filecat.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2208d3de
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/filecat.php
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+<?php
+//  Copyright (c) 2007-2008 Facebook
+//
+//  Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+//  you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+//  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+//  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+//  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+//  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+//  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+//  limitations under the License.
+//
+// See accompanying file LICENSE or visit the Scribe site at:
+// http://developers.facebook.com/scribe/
+
+/* File cat test
+ * Read file, $file line by line send to scribe at localhost:1463
+ * with a category name = $category each line becomes a message.
+ * messages are sent at a rate of $rate messages per second
+ */
+
+require_once 'tests.php';
+
+function printUsage() {
+  echo "Usage $arg[0] pathtofile [categoryname]";
+}
+
+if ($argc > 2) {
+  $file = $argv[1];
+  $category = $argv[2];
+} else if ($argc > 1) {
+  $file = $argv[1];
+  $category = "filecattest";
+} else {
+  printUsage();
+}
+
+print 'starting test...';
+$rate = 10000;
+$msg_per_call = 20;
+file_cat($file, $category, $rate, $msg_per_call);
+print 'done';
+
+?>
diff --git a/test/tests.php b/test/tests.php
index 6948949d..5a2cf4b0 100644
--- a/test/tests.php
+++ b/test/tests.php
@@ -113,6 +113,53 @@ function strange_input_test() {
   print "Log returned: " . $ret . "\n";
 }
 
+/* Read file, $file line by line send to scribe at localhost:1463
+ * with a category name = $category each line becomes a message.
+ * messages are sent at a rate of $rate messages per second
+ */
+function file_cat($file, $category, $rate, $msg_per_call) {
+
+  $send_interval = $msg_per_call/$rate;
+
+  $scribe_client = create_scribe_client();
+
+  $lines = file($file);
+
+  $messages = array();
+  $msgs_since_send = 0;
+  $last_send_time = microtime(true);
+
+  foreach ($lines as $line_num => $line) {
+    $entry = new LogEntry;
+    $entry->category = $category;
+    $entry->message = $line;
+    $messages []= $entry;
+    ++$msgs_since_send;
+
+    if ($msgs_since_send >= $msg_per_call) {
+
+      $msgs_since_send = 0;
+      $ret = scribe_Log_test($messages, $scribe_client);
+      // Print_r($messages);
+      $messages = array();
+
+      $now = microtime(true);
+      $wait = $last_send_time + $send_interval - $now;
+      $last_send_time = $now;
+      if ($wait > 0) {
+        usleep($wait * 1000000);
+      }
+    }
+  }
+  $ret = scribe_Log_test($messages, $scribe_client);
+  // Print_r($messages);
+}
+
+
+/* Send a total of $total messages at the rate of $rate per second
+ * let messages have an avg_size of $avg_size
+ *
+ */
 function stress_test($category, $client_name, $rate, $total, $msg_per_call,
                      $avg_size, $num_categories) {