Req #52071 [NEW]: RFE: ping

From: Operating system: Linux PHP version: Irrelevant Package: Network related Bug Type: Feature/Change Request Bug description:RFE: ping Description: ------------ Surprisingly, PHP is missing the ability to ping another host (and check it's alive). So I'd like to make a request to add it. I'd suggest using something like fping rather than standard ping, as this is more script-friendly - for example, fping can be made to return immediately as soon as it discovers that a given host is alive. For example: fping -q -B1 www.php.net I know that there is Net_Ping available via PEAR, but often PEAR extensions aren't available on many hosting environments; likewise it's awkward to package a PHP web-application when the PEAR extension isn't already packaged for the distro. Is ping suficiently fundamental to be considered core? Test script: --------------- This command should either exist in 2 forms, or have several options. Typical use cases are: 1. Is machine X alive (and responding to Pings) 2. Can I do a DNS lookup + route to that machine 3. What is the packet loss fraction. This is easy enough to do by using exec(), but it would be nice to have a native function. Thanks. -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=52071&edit=1 -- Try a snapshot (PHP 5.2): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52071&r=trysnapshot52 Try a snapshot (PHP 5.3): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52071&r=trysnapshot53 Try a snapshot (trunk): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52071&r=trysnapshottrunk Fixed in SVN: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52071&r=fixed Fixed in SVN and need be documented: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52071&r=needdocs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52071&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52071&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52071&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52071&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52071&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52071&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52071&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52071&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52071&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52071&r=php4 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52071&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52071&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52071&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52071&r=float No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52071&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52071&r=mysqlcfg