Re: Can we have a "PING" function?

> Do most servers and OS's (for example Windows) support the sending of a UDP > package to the echo port? > > Andi Yeah, What about a new ICMP extension - ping, traceroute, etc. -- Alex > > At 12:39 AM 4/2/2001 -0400, Dave Crawford wrote: > >Before I ask for a PING function in a future build of PHP, is there a > >way to ping a remote host using the existing PHP functions or modules? > > > >Based on my knowledge gained from various sources and php.net's online > >functional reference, there does not appear to be much support for LWP > >anything. > > > >I would like to know how to do, or perhaps you can build a function > >in a future release that can do basically the same thing as outlined in the > >following document for a similar function in Perl: > >http://www.perl.com/pub/doc/manual/html/lib/Net/Ping.html > > > >When my site was all html and Perl, I used this function to ping all of my > >mirror download sites, and I coloured the ping value based on a range > >(Ex: less than 150ms was green, greater than 600ms was red, etc.) > > > >I need a way to incorperate this same functionality into my new all PHP > >based website. > > > >Thanks. > >-Dave > > > > > > > >-- > >PHP Development Mailing List <http://www.php.net/> > >To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-dev-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > >For additional commands, e-mail: php-dev-help@lists.php.net > >To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net > > > -- > PHP Development Mailing List <http://www.php.net/> > To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-dev-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > For additional commands, e-mail: php-dev-help@lists.php.net > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net >