Ping with PHP

[infestor1]

How can i use some sort of ping function with php? I want to check a server status. So i've seen file_get_contents() used and then see if you can find a specific file, but the server i want to check is a game server, so I cant really upload a specific file.

So is there like a ping() function?


<?php
$ip = "127.0.0.1";
$ping = ping($ip);
if(!$ping){
echo "server down";
}
else {
echo "server up";
}
?>


so how can i do this?

thanks,
andrew

[Bob]

Aug 18, 2009 23:42:57 GMT -8 infestor1 said:

How can i use some sort of ping function with php? I want to check a server status. So i've seen file_get_contents() used and then see if you can find a specific file, but the server i want to check is a game server, so I cant really upload a specific file.

So is there like a ping() function?


<?php
$ip = "127.0.0.1";
$ping = ping($ip);
if(!$ping){
echo "server down";
}
else {
echo "server up";
}
?>


so how can i do this?

thanks,
andrew

You're only looking to ensure the server is active and communicating? PHP's fsockopen () should do the trick.

[infestor1]

Aug 19, 2009 0:41:52 GMT -8 Bob said:

Aug 18, 2009 23:42:57 GMT -8 infestor1 said:

How can i use some sort of ping function with php? I want to check a server status. So i've seen file_get_contents() used and then see if you can find a specific file, but the server i want to check is a game server, so I cant really upload a specific file.

So is there like a ping() function?


<?php
$ip = "127.0.0.1";
$ping = ping($ip);
if(!$ping){
echo "server down";
}
else {
echo "server up";
}
?>


so how can i do this?

thanks,
andrew

You're only looking to ensure the server is active and communicating? PHP's fsockopen () should do the trick.

Yes i remember that, thanks!

[deerhunter1660]

I cannot get my code to work. im not sure how but i have a form accepting two values and i need to use php to create a condidtional loop. whenever u put in the two values and submit it it says the page cannot be displayed because the address is incorrect. i cant figure it out any ideas? send to my email, not on this site frequently. [e-mail]

[infestor1]

First of all, don't hijack other threads.

Second of all, if you ask on this site, you should come back to see if your question has been answered. Because most of us aren't going to send you an email, we'd make a new post.