Force lock and screen off on iPhone

As a newbie with the iPhone, I wonder if one of you more experienced users can help me with a couple of things that I cannot seem to be able to do:
1. I want to be able to 'lock' my phone at times other than when the inbuilt timer states. Is there an application or combination of touches that allows this?
2. Similarly, can I also blank the screen at will, not when the time is up?
I know how to set this up to happen at pre-defined times, I just want to be able also to do it when I want to

1. No, what's there is what you get for the auto-lock settings. What time do you need?
2. As stated above pushing the button on the top, the sleep/wake button, will lock the iPhone and turn off the screen. You can then hit that button again or hit the home button to wake it back up.

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