diff --git a/lib/Base.php b/lib/Base.php
index f5fea95..fd9b8c4 100644
--- a/lib/Base.php
+++ b/lib/Base.php
@@ -71,23 +71,13 @@ public function send($payload, $opcode = 'text', $masked = true)
             throw new BadOpcodeException("Bad opcode '$opcode'.  Try 'text' or 'binary'.");
         }
 
-        // record the length of the payload
-        $payload_length = strlen($payload);
-
-        $fragment_cursor = 0;
-        // while we have data to send
-        while ($payload_length > $fragment_cursor) {
-            // get a fragment of the payload
-            $sub_payload = substr($payload, $fragment_cursor, $this->options['fragment_size']);
-
-            // advance the cursor
-            $fragment_cursor += $this->options['fragment_size'];
+        $payload_chunks = str_split($payload, $this->options['fragment_size']);
 
-            // is this the final fragment to send?
-            $final = $payload_length <= $fragment_cursor;
+        for ($index = 0; $index < count($payload_chunks); ++$index) {
+            $chunk = $payload_chunks[$index];
+            $final = $index == count($payload_chunks) - 1;
 
-            // send the fragment
-            $this->sendFragment($final, $sub_payload, $opcode, $masked);
+            $this->sendFragment($final, $chunk, $opcode, $masked);
 
             // all fragments after the first will be marked a continuation
             $opcode = 'continuation';
diff --git a/tests/ClientTest.php b/tests/ClientTest.php
index 3c060fc..bbcb055 100644
--- a/tests/ClientTest.php
+++ b/tests/ClientTest.php
@@ -162,6 +162,11 @@ public function testPingPong()
         $this->assertEquals('Server ping', $message);
         $this->assertEquals('pong', $client->getLastOpcode());
 
+        $client->send('', 'ping');
+        $message = $client->receive();
+        $this->assertEquals('', $message);
+        $this->assertEquals('pong', $client->getLastOpcode());
+
         $message = $client->receive();
         $this->assertEquals('Client ping', $message);
         $this->assertTrue(MockSocket::isEmpty());
diff --git a/tests/ServerTest.php b/tests/ServerTest.php
index e789976..9edc011 100644
--- a/tests/ServerTest.php
+++ b/tests/ServerTest.php
@@ -165,6 +165,11 @@ public function testPingPong()
         $this->assertEquals('Server ping', $message);
         $this->assertEquals('pong', $server->getLastOpcode());
 
+        $server->send('', 'ping');
+        $message = $server->receive();
+        $this->assertEquals('', $message);
+        $this->assertEquals('pong', $server->getLastOpcode());
+
         $message = $server->receive();
         $this->assertEquals('Client ping', $message);
 
diff --git a/tests/scripts/ping-pong.json b/tests/scripts/ping-pong.json
index 77a5c51..9c7adf9 100644
--- a/tests/scripts/ping-pong.json
+++ b/tests/scripts/ping-pong.json
@@ -54,6 +54,45 @@
         ],
         "return": "stream"
     },
+    {
+        "function": "fwrite",
+        "params": [
+            "@mock-stream"
+        ],
+        "return": 6
+    },
+    {
+        "function": "get_resource_type",
+        "params": [
+            "@mock-stream"
+        ],
+        "return": "stream"
+    },
+    {
+        "function": "fread",
+        "params": [
+            "@mock-stream",
+            2
+        ],
+        "return-op": "chr-array",
+        "return": [138, 128]
+    },
+    {
+        "function": "fread",
+        "params": [
+            "@mock-stream",
+            4
+        ],
+        "return-op": "chr-array",
+        "return": [1, 1, 1, 1]
+    },
+    {
+        "function": "get_resource_type",
+        "params": [
+            "@mock-stream"
+        ],
+        "return": "stream"
+    },
     {
         "function": "fread",
         "params": [