Server Detection

[Anon]

Is there a way to detect if a server is running using php?

I.E, if a server is running, the page is redirected there, but if it isn't, then the page is redirected somewhere else.

thanks in advance.

djddb

[blizzard]

use a fsockopen function to do this

<?php
$fp = fsockopen("www.server.com", $port, &$errno, &$errstr, $timeout);
if (!$fp) {
header("Location: error.php");
} else {
fclose($fp);
header("Location: success.php");
}
?>