Re: [PHP] re:Pinging from php srcipt From: David Robley (huntsman <email protected>)
Date: 08/15/00

On 16 Aug, Joseph H Blythe wrote:
> Hey all,
>
> I was just wondering how one would go about sending a ping to a remote
> host and recieving the response time in a php script.
>
>
> Thanks,
>
>
> Joseph
>
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How about:

$command = "/path/to/ping -c 3 -q $host";
$result = system($command, $retval);

Tune ping arguments to suit and the output will be sent to the browser;
it's also in $result so you can grab that and deal with it as needed.
Note that you will want the c flag or ping will just keep on pingin'

Cheers 

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