problem with sockets and udp

[numlock]

ok i have this simple code running on a webpage

if(!fsockopen("udp://euclid", 27015)) {
	echo "status off";
} else {
	echo "status on";
}

the page is running off of iis5 on win2k pro and the newest php

when it runs, i want it to check if my counterstrike server is up and listening on that port. but, even when the cs server is off, it always shows 'status on'. this used to work but i have no idea what went wrong.

[theslinky]

try this:

<?php
$fp = fsockopen("udp://euclid", 27015);

socket_set_timeout($fp, 1);
$contents = fread($fp, 1);
if($contents) {
echo "status on";
}
else {
echo "status off";
}

?>

basically it tries to read something from the server with a timeout of 1 second. You can reduce this by setting the millisecond to something and the second to 0:

socket_set_timeout($fd, 0, 100); // 100 ms

but 1 second is good since if there is a lag or delay, it won't timeout very fast.

i've never dealt with CS servers, but do they usually print a message or any data upon connection? if so, the above should work 🙂

-sridhar

[numlock]

i tried that code, but my browser just keeps sitting there twirling ... its getting stuck running the code.

[theslinky]

Then try setting the socket blocking to false.

i think the command is socket_set_blocking($fp, false);

-sridhar

[numlock]

now it always says 'status off' with the server on/off

[dannys]

http://www.gameserver.dk/cs/csstatus.php - someone's already made one - use it or learn from it and fix your code 🙂

[numlock]

great, page is down 🙁

[numlock]

anyone have that page in their history? its been down for a couple of days and i cant see it.