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# Net_NNTP::command()

Net_NNTP::command() -- send a command to a newsserver

## Synopsis

    require_once 'Net/NNTP.php';

``string Net_NNTP::command` (string $cmd, boolean $auth)`

## Description

Command() sends a string command to a newsserver. So you can send customized and/ or non-standard commands to the newsserver.

## Parameter

- `string $cmd` - the command to send

- `boolean $auth` - if `TRUE`, an auth request is issued before the command

## Return value

`string` - the unprocessed server response

## Note

This function can not be called statically.

Warning
Command() does no checks on the given command and/ or proccesses the server response. So you should know what are you doing.

## Example

Example 48-1. Using command()
    ...
    $response = $nntp->command("ARTICLE 1004853");

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