note 43034 added to ref.sockets

I was just wondering ... won't it be easyer if a "ping" function was implemented i PHP, so that we didn't need to go on a detour every time we had to ping a host ... Back to the case: I have a host on port 88 and 888 which I want the script to check if they are online ... The output should be like "Online" and "Offline". This script should be run every time a user opens a webpage. Since I'm a newbie I ask you guys for help ... Please can you help me ... If you manage to write the script could you mail it to suje@navn.no ... Thanks .... ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/ref.sockets.php Edit -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=edit+43034 Delete -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+43034&report=yes Reject -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=reject+43034&report=yes Search -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php