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PHP Ping

Good morning,
Ive been trying to get a Ping working on a server, just to test if a particular server is up and working.

Ive tried system, exec, and passthru but get the error messeage:-
Warning: EXEC functions have been disabled for security reasons.

I have managed to get the following code working on my web and mail servers:-

<?php
$fp = fsockopen ("87.105.128.62", 25, $errno, $errstr, 30);
if (!$fp) {
   echo "Failed";
} else {

   echo ('Pinged OK');
   fclose ($fp);
} 
?>

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Is it possible to open a socket up to a server that doesnt have a web or mail server on? Prefebably a ping request, but I know Pings work differently to this my using ICMP instead of TCP or UDP.

Thank you

Pratima

try this

<?php

$output = shell_exec('ping www.google.com');
echo "<pre>";e
cho $output;?>

refer

http://php.bigresource.com/Track/php-wc8hpzxd/

tonelm54

ASKER

Sorry, trying the shell_exec, I still get:-
Warning: EXEC functions have been disabled for security reasons in /home/vincienergies/7KEXM7KR/htdocs/testPing.php on line 2

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NurAzije

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NurAzije

You can also try thsi:
http://www.codediesel.com/php/ping-a-server-using-php/

Pratima

try this
$strPing= `ping -ns www.whatever.com 4 4`;
echo "<pre>";
echo $strPing;
echo "</pre>";

OR

<?

$host='CHANGETHISTOYOURHOST';
$strPing= `ping $host`;
$posstring = strpos($strPing, "Please", 1);
if ($posstring == 0)
{ echo "Server online!"; }
else
{ echo "Server offline!"; }

?>