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By sah75
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Published: Sep 15 2008 / 04:13

Ping a server with PHP
How to Ping a remote server from PHP. Great for testing if the remote server is working.
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eelmore replied ago:

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Ping cannot tell you if a server is working--only that it has a properly working TCP/IP stack and a network connection at the time of the ping.

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isnoop replied ago:

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Well, that depends on your definition of "working". Ping is a valid baseline test, but you're right that simply being on the network doesn't mean that apache and mysql are running.

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