ping script

jannoy

to all guru
any one tried here a script pinging an ip address without using exec() function??

Weedpacket

Um, [man]fsockopen[/man] port 7. If the connection succeeds, you may consider the host succesfully pinged. Details can be found by reading that page.

slydder

Actually fsockopen won't work because it uses tcp,udp,ssl or tls protocols and an actual ping (echo) is icmp.

Thus the need for socket functions (socket_create, etc...) using sock_raw with icmp. The problem is the creation of the ping packet (header and body with correct flags) and the reading of the response.

As a side note once you have the ping done you are almost finished with a traceroute as well.

Am still working on it though. Can't find any good info on creating a ping (echo) packet. grrrr.

chuck

jannoy

well almost we have the same kind of problem ...... using fsockopen is too slow

Weedpacket

Originally posted by slydder
Actually fsockopen won't work because it uses tcp,udp,ssl or tls protocols and an actual ping (echo) is icmp.

Thus the need for socket functions (socket_create, etc...) using sock_raw with icmp. The problem is the creation of the ping packet (header and body with correct flags) and the reading of the response.

Be advised though that the socket_* functions are listed as Experimental, so you should think very carefully about the wisdom of putting them into production code.