diff --git a/sample_clients/stream_data.php b/sample_clients/stream_data.php
new file mode 100644
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+++ b/sample_clients/stream_data.php
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+<?php
+chdir( dirname(dirname(__FILE__)) );
+
+include_once ('src/client_base.php');
+
+
+class Zmws_Sample_Client_Stream extends Zmws_Client_Base {
+
+	public function start() {
+		$this->stream('RANDSTREAM',
+			array('charset'=>'abcde1234567890'),
+			array($this, 'callback')
+		)->execute();
+
+		echo "sleeping for 3 and running again ....\n";
+		sleep(3);
+
+		$this->stream('RANDSTREAM',
+			array('charset'=>'abcde1234567890'),
+			array($this, 'callback')
+		)->execute();
+	}
+
+	public function callback($data, $status, $sv, $jobid) {
+		printf ("Got %s from %s [%s] with data ? %s\n", $status, $sv, $jobid, empty($data)?'NO': $data);
+		//COMPLETE streams have no data
+		if ($status == 'CONT')
+		$rev  = $this->reverseString($data);
+	}
+
+	public function callbackRev($data, $status, $sv, $jobid) {
+		static $c=0;
+		$c++;
+		printf ("Got %s from %s [%s] with data ? %s\n", $status, $sv, $jobid, empty($data)?'NO': $data);
+	}
+
+	public function reverseString($str) {
+		$this->task('REV',
+			array('str'=>$str),
+			array($this, 'callbackRev')
+		)->execute();
+	}
+}
+
+$client = new Zmws_Sample_Client_Stream();
+$client->start();
diff --git a/sample_workers/random.php b/sample_workers/random.php
new file mode 100644
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+++ b/sample_workers/random.php
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+<?php
+
+chdir( dirname(dirname(__FILE__)) );
+
+include_once ('src/worker_base.php');
+
+class Zmws_Worker_Random extends Zmws_Worker_Base {
+
+	public function work($jobid, $param='') {
+		for ($x=0; $x<100; $x++) {
+			$answer = new Zmws_Worker_Answer();
+			$answer->status = TRUE;
+			$answer->retval = $this->randString(32);
+			$this->sendAnswer($answer, 'CONT');
+		}
+		return TRUE;
+	}
+
+	public function randString($length){
+		$charset='ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789';
+		$str = '';
+		$count = strlen($charset);
+		while ($length--) {
+			$str .= $charset[mt_rand(0, $count-1)];
+		}
+		return $str;
+	}
+}
+
+$w = new Zmws_Worker_Random();
+while($w->loop()) {}
diff --git a/src/client_base.php b/src/client_base.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..58c83b2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/client_base.php
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+<?php
+
+include_once(dirname(__FILE__).'/zmsg.php');
+class Zmws_Client_Base {
+
+	public $context          = NULL;
+	public $frontend         = NULL;
+	public $_identity        = '';
+
+	protected $listFeSrv         = array();
+	protected $listCallbacks     = array();
+	protected $listJobs          = array();
+	protected $streamReq         = NULL;
+	protected $taskReq           = NULL;
+	protected $recving           = FALSE;
+
+	public function __construct($host='localhost', $port=5555) {
+		$this->addServer($host, $port);
+	}
+
+	public function addServer($host='localhost', $port=5555) {
+		$this->listFeSrv[] = array('host'=>$host, 'port'=>$port);
+
+		if ($this->frontend) {
+			$this->frontendConnect();
+		}
+	}
+
+	public function frontendSocket() {
+		$this->context   = new ZMQContext();
+		$this->frontend  = new ZMQSocket($this->context, ZMQ::SOCKET_DEALER);
+		//  Configure socket to not wait at close time
+//		$this->frontend->setSockOpt(ZMQ::SOCKOPT_LINGER, 0);
+
+		//connect
+		$this->frontendConnect();
+	}
+
+	public function frontendConnect() {
+		//dealer sockets round robin send to all connections
+		// and fair-queue receive from all connectsion
+		foreach ($this->listFeSrv as $_srv) {
+			$this->frontend->connect("tcp://".$_srv['host'].":".$_srv['port']);
+		}
+	}
+
+	public function task($sv, $param, $callback) { 
+
+		if (!$this->frontend) { 
+			$this->frontendSocket();
+		} 
+		//$this->listTaskCb[$sv] = $callback;
+		$this->listCallbacks[$sv] = $callback;
+		$this->listJobs[$sv]++;
+		$this->taskReq = new Zmsg($this->frontend);
+		$this->taskReq->body_set('JOB: SYNC-'.$sv);
+		$this->taskReq->push( 'PARAM-JSON: '.json_encode($param) );
+		return $this;
+	} 
+
+	public function stream($sv, $param, $callback) { 
+
+		if (!$this->frontend) { 
+			$this->frontendSocket();
+		} 
+		$this->listCallbacks[$sv] = $callback;
+		$this->listJobs[$sv]++;
+		$this->streamReq = new Zmsg($this->frontend);
+		$this->streamReq->body_set('JOB: SYNC-'.$sv);
+		$this->streamReq->push( 'PARAM-JSON: '.json_encode($param) );
+		return $this;
+	} 
+
+	public function execute() {
+		if (is_object($this->streamReq)) {
+			$this->streamReq->send();
+			$this->streamReq = NULL;
+		}
+		if (is_object($this->taskReq)) {
+			$this->taskReq->send();
+			$this->taskReq = NULL;
+		}
+
+		if ($this->recving) return;
+
+		$listener = new Zmsg($this->frontend);
+		//while ( count($this->listCallbacks) && $reply = $this->streamReq->recv()) {
+		while ( $reply = $listener->recv()) {
+			$this->recving = TRUE;
+			//ID, null, message (for rep/req sockets)
+			$spacer = $reply->unwrap();
+			$body   = $reply->unwrap();
+			list ($status, $sv, $jobid) = explode(' ', $body);
+			$status = substr($status, 0, -1);
+			$jobid  = rtrim($jobid, ']');
+			$jobid  = ltrim($jobid, '[');
+
+            $param = $reply->unwrap();
+			if (substr($param, 0, 10) == 'PARAM-JSON') {
+				$param = json_decode( substr($param, 12) );
+			}
+			if ( isset($this->listCallbacks[$sv]) ) {
+				$callback = $this->listCallbacks[$sv];
+
+				if (is_callable($callback) && !is_array($callback)) { 
+					$callback($param, $status, $sv, $jobid);
+				}
+				if (is_array($callback)) {
+					$callback[0]->$callback[1]($param, $status, $sv, $jobid);
+				}
+			}
+
+			if ($status === 'FAIL') {
+				$this->listJobs[$sv]--;
+			}
+			if ($status === 'COMPLETE') {
+				$this->listJobs[$sv]--;
+            } 
+
+			foreach ($this->listJobs as $sv =>$cnt) {
+				if ($cnt > 0) continue;
+				unset ($this->listJobs[$sv]);
+				unset ($this->listCallbacks[$sv]);
+			}
+			if (!count($this->listJobs)) {
+				$this->recving = FALSE;
+				break;
+			}
+		}
+		echo "done listening \n";
+	}
+} 
+