~ PC SPEAKER ~

Anon

Is there anyway to make the pc/server speaker to make noise from php....

I was wanting to write a script which checks our database server every 5 minutes to see if it is still alive... any tips ?

Anon

use crontab and ping

this can be done with any scripting language
bash, and php 🙂

$reply = exec("ping -c 1 host");
if the last 3 figures are 0 , the server is down ... check them with $arr = split($reply)

$num = count($arr);
if($arr[$num-2] == 0) echo "server not responding";

but I do not know how to bell ....

maye an exec() and a command tha bells ... I know that ^G is the bell sign ctrl-g, but do not know how to call it from php ...

hope this helps

sigildark

Maybe you can use php's Flash functions to control a movie with a sound instance and trigger the playback every 5 minutes...

You must install the flash libraries found here: http://reality.sgi.com/grafica/flash/.

Eventually you can also create a stand-alone .exe file movie with Flash and start it with a program execution function.

Hope this helps 🙂

Sigildark

jbardin

Maybe you should take a browse of freshmeat.net there are several programs/scripts that do what you have outlined, and more. most of them have easy ways to interface with a web browser. And if you want to keep with php i would suggest using cgi and running it as a shell script. Else you need to rely on your web browser being open to load up the php page.

-Jon

nashirak

I have looked checked the man page thoroughly but, you might be able to use a program called Festival

http://www.cstr.ed.ac.uk/projects/festival/

its a text-to speach sythesis program. I know that you can run it as a server.

Hope that helps

Anon

cheers for your help guys...