note 72674 modified in function.fsockopen by danbrown

From: Date: Sun, 20 Jul 2008 19:35:32 +0000
Subject: note 72674 modified in function.fsockopen by danbrown
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This script checks specific ports so you need to have the correct port open on the server for this to work. E.g if i have a windows domain controller and it is servering LDAP then the following would be used to check it is online: <?php chkServer("MyDC", "389"); ?> for a webserver: <?php chkServer("MyWebSvr", "80"); ?> etc etc -------------------------------------------------------- <?php // check if a server is up by connecting to a port function chkServer($host, $port) { $hostip = @gethostbyname($host); // resloves IP from Hostname returns hostname on failure if ($hostip == $host) // if the IP is not resloved { echo "Server is down or does not exist"; } else { if (!$x = @fsockopen($hostip, $port, $errno, $errstr, 5)) // attempt to connect { echo "Server is down"; } else { echo "Server is up"; if ($x) { @fclose($x); //close connection } } } } ?> --was-- Sorry for multiple submission of this but Added @ to suppress errors and a few exmples: Also note that this script checks specific ports so you need to have the correct port open on the server for this to work. E.g if i have a windows domain controller and it is servering LDAP then the following would be used to check it is online: chkServer("MyDC", "389"); for a webserver chkServer("MyWebSvr", "80"); etc etc -------------------------------------------------------- // check if a server is up by connecting to a port function chkServer($host, $port) { $hostip = @gethostbyname($host); // resloves IP from Hostname returns hostname on failure if ($hostip == $host) // if the IP is not resloved { echo "Server is down or does not exist"; } else { if (!$x = @fsockopen($hostip, $port, $errno, $errstr, 5)) // attempt to connect { echo "Server is down"; } else { echo "Server is up"; if ($x) { @fclose($x); //close connection (i dont know if this is needed or not). } } } } http://php.net/manual/en/function.fsockopen.php

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