Status "script"

[alexislalas]

Hello,

I'm running a web site where from time to time I want to know the status of the interfaces I'm using, like MySQL, Apache, and other external databases and web services.

I want to have some sort of page that can automatically check the above.

I was thinking that for the external a ping to the addresses or services would be enough. But for the local (MySQL, Apache) how can I do it?

Thanks!!!

[dagon]

for an http server get_headers()

for a db you probably want to run a query like SHOW STATUS